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zacamolo.

Headword: 
zacamolo.
Principal English Translation: 

a general breaking of the ground for cultivation

Orthographic Variants: 
çacamolo
IPAspelling: 
sɑkɑmoːlo
Alonso de Molina: 

zacamolo. todos rompen o abren tierra.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 13v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
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