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caxania.

Headword: 
caxania.
Principal English Translation: 

for a sick person to have a relapse; to loosen something tied; to disarm the bow and arrow (see Molina and Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
kɑʃɑːniɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

caxania. nino. (pret. oninocaxani.) recaer el enfermo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 13r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

caxania. nitla. (pret. onitlacaxini.) afloxar lo atado, o desarmar la ballesta, y afloxar el arco.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 13r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CAXĀNIĀ vrefl, vt to relapse into sickness; to loosen, unstring something / recaer el enfermo (M), aflojar lo atado, o desarmar la ballestra, y aflojar el arco (M) See CAXĀN(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 26.

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