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cuauhtzacua.

Headword: 
cuauhtzacua.
Principal English Translation: 

to put a wooden exterior on a house; or to put wood on the roof (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhtzaqua, quauhtzacua
Alonso de Molina: 

quauhtzaqua. nitla. emmaderar casa, o techar de zaquizani.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 87v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Technology, Tools
Wood, wooden material