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cacapania.

Headword: 
cacapania.
Principal English Translation: 

to crack one's knuckles or cross the fingers, stretching them out (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
kɑkɑpɑːniɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

cacapania. nino. (pret. oninocacapani.) restallar o hazer cruxir los dedos estirandolos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 10v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.