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alahuaca.

Headword: 
alahuaca.
Principal English Translation: 

slippery (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
alauac, alauaca
Alonso de Molina: 

Alauac. lo mesmo es que alactic.
Alactic. cosa deleznable, assi como anguilla, pan de xabon mojado o flema. &c.
Alaua. nin. resbalar. Prete oninalauh.
Alaua. nite. vntar a otro con vnguento, o con cosa semejante. Prete. onitealauh.
Alauacapetlatl. estera hecha de juncia.
Alaztic. lo mesmo es que alactic.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, f. 4r.