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huicaltia.

Headword: 
huicaltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to conform to what others do; to send something with someone, to cause someone to go accompanied by others; or, to charge someone with something (see Karttunen and Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
uicaltia
IPAspelling: 
wiːkɑltiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

uicaltia. nic. (pret. onicuicalti.) hazer que vaya acompañada vna cosa con otra.
uicaltia. nicte. (pret. onicteuicalti.) hazer que alguno lleue a otra persona, o a algun animal consigo.
uicaltia. nitetla. (pret. onitetlauicalti.) dar quien acompañe a otro.
uicaltia. ninote. (pret. oninoteuicalti.) seguir el hilo dela gente, haziendo loque los otros hazen.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 157r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

HUĪCALTIĀ vrefl,vt to conform to what others do; to send something with someone, to cause someone to go accompanied by others, to charge someone with something / seguir el hilo de la gente, haciendo lo que los otros hacen (M), hacer que alguno lleve a otra persona o a algún animal consigo (M), hacer que vaya acompañada una cosa con otra (M), dar quien acompañe a otro (M), lo encarga (un favor) (T) caus. HUĪCA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 88.