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amolhuia.

Headword: 
amolhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

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.

themes: 
Cleanliness, Orderliness (or lack of)