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tetl cuahuitl nictetoctia.

Headword: 
tetl cuahuitl nictetoctia.
Principal English Translation: 

to correct or punish another person (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tetl quauitl nictetoctia, tetl quahuitl nictetoctia.
Alonso de Molina: 

tetl quauitl nictetoctia. (tetl quauitl onictetocti.) corregir y castigar a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 110v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Crime, Punishment