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paquitia.

Headword: 
paquitia.
Principal English Translation: 

to make someone happy, to give someone pleasure (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
pāquītiā
IPAspelling: 
pɑːkiːtiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

PĀQUĪTIĀ vt to make someone happy, to give someone pleasure / lo alegra (T) [(4)Tp.172,199]. altern. caus. PĀQU(I).

PĀQUĪTILIĀ applic. PĀQUĪTIĀ.

PĀQUĪTĪLŌ nonact. PĀQUĪTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 188.

themes: 
Emotions