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aaxixa.

Headword: 
aaxixa.
Principal English Translation: 

to wet one's pants out of fear (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

aaxixa. nin. (pret. oninaaxix.) mearse de miedo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 1r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

aaxixa. nite. (pret. oniteaaxix.) mear o cagar a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 1r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Auh ahmo teca timocayahuaz, ahmo titechichichaz, ahmo titeaaxixaz, ahmo teycpac timomapopohuaz = Y no te mofarás de la gente, no escupirás a las personas, no las orinarás
Huehuehtlahtolli. Testimonios de la antigua palabra, ed. Librado Silva Galeana y un estudio introductorio por Miguel León-Portilla (México: Secretaría de Educación Pública, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1991), 60–61.

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