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mocacayahua.

Headword: 
mocacayahua.
Principal English Translation: 

to make fun of another person (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
mocacayaua
Alonso de Molina: 

mocacayaua. noca. (pret. noca omocacayauh.) aquel escarnece o burla de mi.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 57v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Molina's example is in the first person.