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machiomaca.

Headword: 
machiomaca.
Principal English Translation: 

to provide an example, model, or sample; or to provide a good example for others; to provide material to the one who writes or registers; or, to indicate or give an example (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

machiomaca. nite. (pret. onitemachiomacac.) dar muestra, o dechado para sacar del, o dar a otros buen exemplo.
machiomaca. nite. (pret. onitemachiomacac.) confirmar el obispo, dar materia al que escriue, empadronar, señalar o dar exemplo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 50v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Writing, Literacy