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xocomecacelic.

Headword: 
xocomecacelic.
Principal English Translation: 

a vineyard with young vines that are purposely not picked so that the grapes turn sour then picked; new vineyards (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
ʃokomekɑselik
Alonso de Molina: 

xocomecacelic. pampano de parra o de vid, o prouena o mugro de vid, o vastago.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 160v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
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