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macpalzoa.

Headword: 
macpalzoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to open the hand, or to offer the hand, palm side up (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

macpalzoa. nino. (pret. oninomacpalzouh.) abrir la mano, o tender la palma de la mano
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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Gifts, Offerings, Sacrificial Rites