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tlatlacanequi.

Headword: 
tlatlacanequi.
Principal English Translation: 

to pretend to be brave, to put up a brave front (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtlācanequi
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑhtɬɑːkɑneki
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAHTLĀCANEQU(I) vrefl; pret: TLAHTLĀCANEC to pretend to be brave, to put up a brave front / se hace valiente (Z) [(2)Zp.127,173]. M has unreduplicated /262/ reflexive tlacanequi with –TECH ‘to have faith in someone.’ See TLĀCA-TL, NEQU(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 263.

themes: 
Behavior, Personality