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ahuiaya.

Headword: 
ahuiaya.
Principal English Translation: 

for something or someone to smell good

Orthographic Variants: 
auiaya
IPAspelling: 
ɑhwiɑːyɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

auiaya. n. (pret. onauiax.) tener o dar de si buen olor.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 9v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

AHHUIĀYA to be fragrant / tener o dar de sí buen olor (M)
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 6.

themes: 
Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)