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cuayahualli.

Headword: 
cuayahualli.
Principal English Translation: 

a pad that goes on one's head, under something else that will be worn or carried on the head (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quayaualli, quayahualli
Alonso de Molina: 

quayaualli. rodilla, o cosa semejante que ponen enla cabeza para lleuar algo sobre ella.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 84r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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