necuatequiliztli
Classical Nahuatl
editEtymology
editFrom cuātēquia (“to baptize someone”) + -liztli.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnecuātēquiliztli inan (plural necuātēquiliztli)
- (Catholicism) (it is) the act of baptizing someone; a baptism.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 1, f. 19r. col. 1:
- Bautiſmo, o baptiſmo. nequatequiliztli.
- A baptism. nequatequiliztli.