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cencahuilia.

Headword: 
cencahuilia.
Principal English Translation: 

prepare something for others, or put good order and harmony (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
cancauilia
Alonso de Molina: 

cencauilia. nitetla. (pret. onitetlacencauili.) aparejar algo para otros, o poner buen orden y concierto.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 17r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Cleanliness, Orderliness (or lack of)