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xochihuia.

Headword: 
xochihuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to cast a spell on a man so that he will love a woman

Orthographic Variants: 
xuchiuia
IPAspelling: 
ʃoːtʃiwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

xochiuia. nite. (pret. onitexochiui) encantar, o enlabiar a la muger para lleuarla a otra parte, o hechizarla.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 160r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

xuchiuia. nite. (pret. onitexuchiui.) dar beuedizos o hechizos, paraque quiera bien el hombre ala muger.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 161v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Emotions
Nahuales, Sorcery, Divining