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chachayaca.

Headword: 
chachayaca.
Principal English Translation: 

for wheat, maize, or the like to spill on the ground (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

Chachayaca. derramarse por el suelo trigo, mayz, o cosa semejante, o caerse poco a poco la pintura dela ymagen. pre. ochachayacac.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua mexicana y castellana, 1571, (www.idiez.org.mx), f. 18v.

themes: 
Corn, Maize