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cuecacapatza.

Headword: 
cuecacapatza.
Principal English Translation: 

for a woman to make a rustling sound (coming from her petticoats) as she walks (see Molina) (an onomatopoetic word)

IPAspelling: 
kweːkɑkɑpɑtsɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

cuecacapatza. nino. (pret. oninocuecacapatz.) hazer sonido o ruydo la muger con las naguas o faldillas, quando anda.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 25v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)
Women, Men, Gender