to celebrate and take pleasure; or to take pleasure at another's misfortune
Orthographic Variants:
ahauia
Alonso de Molina:
ahauia. n. (pret. onahauix.) regozijarse y tomar plazer. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 3r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.
ahauia tecan. teca onahauix. alegrarse del mal de otro. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 3r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.