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to trim s.o’s hair.
A. persona que le corta el cabello u otro porque lo tiene largo. “rolando lo hace chiquito el cabello de su hermano porque ya esta muy largo.” B. Cortar el cabello.
Orthographic Variants: 
quacanahuac, quacanauac

a person with a wide head (see Molina)

for a barber to trim s.o.’s relative’s hair.
# hacer delgadito el pelo. Nic. Persona corta por encima el cabello de otro. “Ricardo hace delgadito el cabello al hermano de mario porque van a ir en un baile.”
wooden toy car.
Orthographic Variants: 
quacayahua, quacayaua

to shave one's head (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quacecelic

a newborn whose crown is still not closed, soft spot still not closed; refers metaphorically to one who still lacks experience in the things of life (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quacecelicapil

a newborn whose crown is still not closed, soft spot still not closed; refers metaphorically to one who still lacks experience in the things of life (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quacecenihui, quaceceniui

to be annoyed, to have one's hair stand on end out of fear, or to tremble from fear (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quacecepoaliztli

a type of annoyance (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quacecepoca

to be annoyed (see Molina)

to get goosebumps on one’s head after being frightened.
# ni. Una persona le da escalofríos en su cabeza cuando escucha algo y no lo ve. “Cuando la esposa de José lo asusta una fantasma siempre le da escalofríos en su cabeza porque se asusta mucho”.
Orthographic Variants: 
quacecepocac

one who experiencing a certain type of annoyance (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quacecepocaliztli

annoyance (see Molina)

a small animal that looks like a squirrel.
kwɑsemmɑni

for something (other than liquid) to scatter (see Karttunen)

kwɑsemmnɑ

for something to spill, scatter, sprinkle; to spill, scatter, sprinkle something (other than liquid) (see Karttunen)

to russle or muss s.o.’s hair.
#desatar o soltar el pelo. Nic/nimo. Persona desata el cabello de otro. “Ximena siempre desata se cabello porque no quiere tenerlo amarrado.”