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ahamoxtli.

Headword: 
ahamoxtli.
Principal English Translation: 

long hair that young women wear to one side when their hair will be braided (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
aamoxtli
IPAspelling: 
ɑhɑːmoʃtɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

aamoxtli. cabello largo que dexan a vn lado, alas moças, quando las tresquilan.
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.

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