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mixtia.

Headword: 
mixtia.
Principal English Translation: 

to strip a stalk of cane or the like (see Molina); or, to watch or stand as a sentinel(?)

Alonso de Molina: 

mixtia. (pret. omixti) enñudecer la caña, o cosa semejante.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 57r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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