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nencahua yn cemilhuitl.

Headword: 
nencahua yn cemilhuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

to waste the entire day away, doing nothing productive (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
nencaua yn cemilhuitl
Alonso de Molina: 

nencaua yn cemilhuitl. nic. (pret. onicnencauh yn cemilhuitl.) gastar todo el dia sin prouecho.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 67v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Labor, Work, Labor Concerns