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amina.

Headword: 
amina.
Principal English Translation: 

for water to make one ill, drinking it after eating cucumbers or raw herbs (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
ɑːmiːnɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

amina. nin. (pret. oninamin.) hazerme mal el agua, por la auer beuido despues de auer comido pepinos o yeruas crudas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 5r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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