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amana.

Headword: 
amana.
Principal English Translation: 

to make chocolate or similar drink, or to divine in water (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
ɑːmɑnɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

amana. n. (pret. onaman.) hazer cacao o otra beuida semejante, o adiuinar en agua.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 4v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Chocolate, Cocoa, Cacao
Food, Eating, Cooking
Nahuales, Sorcery, Divining
Water