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zoquichihua.

Headword: 
zoquichihua.
Principal English Translation: 

to make mud to build walls, or to make bricks, etc. (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
zoquichiua
IPAspelling: 
sokitʃiːwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

zoquichiua. ni. (pret. onizoquichiuh.) hazer barro para edificar pared, o para hazer adobes. &c.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 25r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

ZOQUICHĪHU(A) to mix mud for foundations and adobe / hacer barro para edificar pared o para hacer adobes, etc. (M) This is indirectly attested by ZOQUICHĪUHQUI. See ZOQUI-TL, CHĪHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 349.

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Architecture, Construction, Buildings