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achihua.

Headword: 
achihua.
Principal English Translation: 

to make cocoa, a chocolate beverage (see Molina); combines a- (liquid, water) with -chihua (the verb, to make)

IPAspelling: 
ɑːtʃiːwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

achiua. n. (pret. onachiuh.) hazer cacao.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 2r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

achiua. nitla. (pret. onitlaachiuh.) hazer algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 2r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Beverages
Chocolate, Cocoa, Cacao
Food, Eating, Cooking