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zacaquixtia.

Headword: 
zacaquixtia.
Principal English Translation: 

for a field to go fallow, or to go to weeds for not having been cultivated for a time

Orthographic Variants: 
çacaquixtia
IPAspelling: 
sɑkɑkiːʃtiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

zacaquixtia. nic. (pret. oniczacaquixti.) tornar yeruazal, o eriazo la huerta o eredad, por no la auer beneficiado y labrado.
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.

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