to put soap on something (transitive); to wash oneself with soap (reflexive)
IPAspelling:
ɑhmoːlwiɑ
Alonso de Molina:
amolhuia. nin. (pret. oninamolhui.) lauarse con xabon. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 5r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.
amolhuia. nitla. (pret. onitlaamolhui.) enxabonar algo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 5r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.