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quecholti.

Headword: 
quecholti.
Principal English Translation: 

to become a swan, as relating to music and being transported to another world, not relating to the Cygnus (late sixteenth century, Tetzcoco?)
Ballads of the Lords of New Spain: The Codex Romances de los Señores de la Nueva España, transcribed and translated by John Bierhorst (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009), 35.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Music, Song, Dance