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nepechtequiliztli.

Headword: 
nepechtequiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

prostration, genuflection, bow (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
nepechtēquiliztli
IPAspelling: 
nepetʃteːkilistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

nepechtequiliztli. lo mismo es que nepechtecaliztli.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 69r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

NEPECHTĒQUILIZ-TLI prostration, genuflection, bow / inclinación (C)[(1)Cf.67v]. M has nepechtecaliztli. See PECHTĒCA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 169.