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moquechnahua.

Headword: 
moquechnahua.
Principal English Translation: 

hug (speaking of two people putting their arms around one another's neck), and putting their heads on each other's shoulder (see Molina 1555 and 1571)

Orthographic Variants: 
moquechnaua
Alonso de Molina: 

moquechnaua. abrazarse dos echando los brazos sobre los cuellos.
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.

abraçarse dos, poniendo el vno la cabeça enel cuello del otro. mo, mamacochoa, moquechnaua. momacochoa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1v.

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