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cuauhxomahuia.

Headword: 
cuauhxomahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to use a spoon something from a pot, or use a stick (wooden tool) for the same (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhxomauia, quauhxomahuia
Alonso de Molina: 

quauhxomauia. nitla. (pret. onitlaquauhxomaui.) sacar algo dela olla con cuchara de palo o hataca.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 87v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Wood, wooden material