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ixcuamacahua.

Headword: 
ixcuamacahua.
Principal English Translation: 

for a load to fall on the ground owing to the tumpline coming loose on the forehead of the human carrier, the tameme (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
ixquamacaua, ixquamacahua
Alonso de Molina: 

ixquamacaua. nitla. dar con la carga en tierra, por se auer soltado el mecapalli.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 47r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
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