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neltoquiliztli.

Headword: 
neltoquiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

faith (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
neltokilistɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

NELTOQUILIZ-TLI faith / fé (T) [(1)Tp.167]. This appears to be a truncated form of TLANELTOQUILIZ-TLI. M has neltoquiztli 'something worthy of belief.' See NELTOCA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 165.

themes: 
Religion (Christian)