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acatia.

Headword: 
acatia.
Principal English Translation: 

to support a maize plant so that it will grow (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

acatia. (pret. oacatix.) hazer caña la mata de mayz, que crece.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 1v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Corn, Maize