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calhuia.

Headword: 
calhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to eat maize toasted over embers with tongs of wood or cane (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
kɑlwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

calhuia. nino. (pret. oninocalhui.) comer mayz tostado enel rescoldo, con tenazuelas de palo o de caña.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 11v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Corn, Maize
Food, Eating, Cooking
Wood, wooden material