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tlaquehuia.

Headword: 
tlaquehuia.
Orthographic Variants: 
tlaqueuia
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːkeːwiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

tlaqueuia. ninote. (pret. oninotetlaqueui.) alquilar obreros.
tlaqueuia. nite. (pret. onitetlaqueui.) buscar, o alquilar a alguno para que haga mal a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 134r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TLĀQUĒHUIĀ vt to hire someone to do something to or for someone / buscar o alquilar a alguno para que haga mal a otro (M), se preocupa por otra persona para llamarle a un doctor, a un curandero; le busca padrino, guía, etc. (T) [(3)Tp.212]. applic. TLĀQUĒHU(A).

TLĀQUĒHUILIĀ applic. TLĀQUĒHUIĀ.

TLĀQUĒHUĪLŌ nonact. TLĀQUĒHUIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 294.