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maquitzquia.

Headword: 
maquitzquia.
Principal English Translation: 

to detain someone or to seize something with one’s hand (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
māquītzquiā
IPAspelling: 
mɑːkiːtskiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀQUĪTZQUIĀ vt to detain someone or to seize something with one’s hand / lo detiene con la mano, lo agarra con la mano, lo coge con la mano (T) [(3)Tp. 191]. See MA(I)-TL, QUĪTZQUIĀ.

MĀQUĪTZQUILIĀ applic MĀQUĪTZQUIĀ

MĀQUĪTZQUĪLŌ nonact. MĀQUĪTZQUIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 137.