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macoquetza.

Headword: 
macoquetza.
Principal English Translation: 

something very steep, or for the ocean to rise (waves) with the storm (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

macoquetza. (pret. omacoquetz.) empinarse algo, o levantarse la mar conla tormenta.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 51r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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