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nalquiza.

Headword: 
nalquiza.
Principal English Translation: 

for something to be traversed, penetrated, torn in half (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
nālquīza
IPAspelling: 
nɑːlkiːsɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

NĀLQUĪZ(A) for something to be traversed, penetrated, torn in half / traspasarse o penetrarse alguna cosa (C), se rompe de lado a lado (Z) [(1)Cf.18r]. In M this is compounded to other verbs with the ligature -CĀ- to convey the sense of 'entirely, thoroughly.' See NĀL-, QUĪZ(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 158.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Nal. y Nalco. no se halla sino con este nombre, atl. analco. aunque si, en composicion. v.g. nalquiça. naltona. Antonio del Rincón, Arte mexicana: Vocabulario breve, que solamente contiene todas las dicciones que en esta arte se traen por exemplos (1595), 11r.