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camatecapania.

Headword: 
camatecapania.
Principal English Translation: 

to cover someone's mouth to quiet that person, using a slap (transitive); to slap oneself in the mouth multiple times (reflexive) (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

camatecapania. nite. (pret. onitecamatecapani.) dar tapaboca amanera de bofeton.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 12r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

camatecapania. nino. (pret. oninocamatecapani.) darse golpes, o bofetones assi mismo enla boca.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 12r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.