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ahcua.

Headword: 
ahcua.
Principal English Translation: 

like "ouch" -- the sound someone makes when complaining about being hurt (an onomatopoetic word)

Orthographic Variants: 
ahqua
Alonso de Molina: 

ahqua. ay ay. del que se quexa delo que le duele. interiection.
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.

themes: 
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