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yecnotza.

Headword: 
yecnotza.
Principal English Translation: 

for something to be (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
yēcnōtza
IPAspelling: 
yeːknoːtsɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

YĒCNŌTZ(A) vrefl,vt for something to be said respectfully; to speak to someone properly, respectfully [(6)Tp.163,218]. See YĒC-TLI, NŌTZ(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 336.