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icuahuic tlaquetztli.

Headword: 
icuahuic tlaquetztli.
Principal English Translation: 

to be thrown headfirst into the water, or to be thrown over a cliff (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
iquauic tlaquetztli, iquahuic tlaquetztli
Alonso de Molina: 

iquauic tlaquetztli. echado de cabeza enel agua, o despeñado desta manera.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 42r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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