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nenectia.

Headword: 
nenectia.
Principal English Translation: 

to volunteer oneself, to meddle, to aspire to do something one is not equipped for (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
nehnectiā
IPAspelling: 
nehnektiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

NEHNECTIĀ vrefl to volunteer oneself, to meddle, to aspire to do something one is not equipped for / se acomide, se entremete, pretende hacer una cosa (sin poder hacerlo bien) (T) [(3)Tp.154]. redup. NECTIĀ.

NEHNECTĪLŌ nonact. NEHNECTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 162.