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mocuahuaquiani.

Headword: 
mocuahuaquiani.
Principal English Translation: 

one who has been ambushed in a forest or some woods (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
moquauaquiani, moquahuaquiani
Alonso de Molina: 

moquauaquiani. emboscado en algun bosque omonte.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 059v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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