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amanani.

Headword: 
amanani.
Principal English Translation: 

one who divines with water; or, one who makes chocolate to drink (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
ɑːmɑnɑni
Alonso de Molina: 

amanani. adiuino que adiuina en agua, o el que haze cacao para beuer.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 4v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Chocolate, Cocoa, Cacao
Food, Eating, Cooking
Nahuales, Sorcery, Divining
Religion (Indigenous)
Water