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tlacahuia.

Headword: 
tlacahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to guard, to trust; to be daring toward a superior; to spoil, mess up

Orthographic Variants: 
tlacauia
Alonso de Molina: 

tlacauia. nicno. (pret. onicnotlacaui.) tener confianza de familiaridad y atreuimiento con algun señor.
tlacauia. nino. (pret. oninotlacaui.) dexar o guardar algo para si, merendar, o hazerse fuerza para echar de si el empacho y verguenza.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 116r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.