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chochomotzhuiliā.

1. to repeatedly dip or rinse s.o.’s clothing in water when washing it. 2. to repeatedly dip s.o.’s food in water, coffee or softdrink.
# 1. una persona mete la ropa de otra dos o tres veces al agua cuando lava. “mi papá acaba de llegar de la milpa y esta muy socia su camisa; por eso mi mamá lo mete en una olla”. 2. nic. una persona mete las tortillas a ala comida de otra. “la mamá de Víctor mete las tortillas en los frijoles para su hijo”.
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chochopica.

for liquid or blood to drip from s.o. or s.t.
# baja agua y sangre cada rato donde esta colgado algo. ”gotea agua afuera de la casa porque llueve fuerte”.
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chochopitl.

Orthographic Variants: 
chochopitli

a type of bird, a "beaked bird" that frequents the Mexican central highland lakes (see attestations)

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chochopitz.

tʃotʃopits

fake, phony (see Karttunen)

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chochopitza.

to drip a thick liquid.
# una persona va regando de a poquito agua o otra cosa aguado en algún lugar. “cuando como echo mucho en la mesa, porque nada mas juego”.
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chochopitzhuiliā.

to drip a thick liquid and make it splatter an article of s.o.’s clothing.
# una persona hace que caiga de a poquito una cosa de agua en algún lugar. “José le echo su esposa comida donde fueron al baile”.
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chochopoca.

tʃotʃopokɑ

to itch, to have a rash; for scabies to swell (see Molina)

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chochoponi.

tʃotʃopoːni

for scabies to form a rash or swell up (see Molina)

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chochopotza.

tʃotʃopotsɑ

to eat or swallow grain or birdseed (see Molina)

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chochotl.

Orthographic Variants: 
chocho

White-fronted Amazon, a bird (see Hunn, attestations); this could be the same bird Karttunen calls the chochoc

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chocoh.

a small hairy worm that causes skin irritation when touched.
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chocohuayan.

tʃoːkoːwɑjɑːn

place of weeping

Louise M. Burkhart, Holy Wednesday: A Nahua Drama from Early Colonial Mexico (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996), 193.

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chocolaatolli.

tʃokolɑːɑːtoːlli
Orthographic Variants: 
chocolāātōlli

cornstarch beverage flavored with chocolate (see Karttunen)

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chocolanamacac.

a chocolate seller (see attestation from Chimalpahin)

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chocolatera.

a chocolate maker/seller (female)
(a Nahuatl word with a Hispanized ending)

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chocolatic.

tʃokolɑːtik
Orthographic Variants: 
chocolātic

omething the color of chocolate, dark brown (see Karttunen)

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chocolatl.

tʃokolɑːtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
chocolātl, chocollatl

chocolate (see Karttunen)

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chocolātl.

chocolate.
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chocomolotl.

seven ears of maize, etc.

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chocoxihui.

for an article of clothing to yellow.
# un ropa blanca se hace amarillo o rubio. “mi blusa blanca con la que trabajo mucho le hayo el sudor y ahora se hace amarillo”.
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