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atzacua.

Headword: 
atzacua.
Principal English Translation: 

to stop up or close off a flow of water, so that it does not escape (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
atzaqua
IPAspelling: 
ɑːtsɑkwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

atzaqua. n. (pret. onatzacu.) atapar o cerrar el agua, paraque no se salga.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 9r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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