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ehecachichina.

Headword: 
ehecachichina.
Principal English Translation: 

to suck in air, or for a hovering bird to begin to flap its wings (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
eecachichina
Alonso de Molina: 

eecachichina. n. (pret. onecachichin.) chupar ayre, o cerner y rebolar el ave quando anda volando.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 28r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
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