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macuextia.

Headword: 
macuextia.
Principal English Translation: 

to bedeck something with a bracelet (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mahcuextiā
IPAspelling: 
mɑhkweʃtiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

MAHCUEXTIĀ vt to bedeck something with a bracelet / enjoyar (K) [(1)Bf. 6r]. M has macuextli ´bracelet or string of precious stones for the wrist.´ See MĀ(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 130.

themes: 
Jewelry, Adornment, Accouterments