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ihiomictia.

Headword: 
ihiomictia.
Principal English Translation: 

to cover or block the breath or respiration of another (see Molina); given the mictia part of this verb, one wonders whether smother, suffocate, choke, or strangle might be a more accurate English translation (SW)

Alonso de Molina: 

ihiomictia. nite. (pret. oniteihiomicti.) atapar el huelgo a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 36v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Crime, Punishment
Death
See also: 
ihiyomictia.