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cualnezcayotl.

Headword: 
cualnezcayotl.
Principal English Translation: 

good appearance, beauty (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cualnēzcāyōtl
IPAspelling: 
kwɑlneːskɑːyoːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

CUALNĒZCĀYŌ-TL good appearance, beauty / belleza, gracia, elegancia, (S) , tu buen parecer, tu hermosura (C for possessed form ) [(2)Cf.49v]. See CUALNĒC(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 59.