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maxalihuini.

Headword: 
maxalihuini.
Principal English Translation: 

the idea and belief of becoming very ferocious through the act of eating a particular food (raw meat) (example: a dog can be fed wolf meat so they "become" more like wolves or such like) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
maxaliuini
IPAspelling: 
mɑʃɑliwini
Alonso de Molina: 

maxaliuini. ceuado o encarnizado assi.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 54v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.