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cactehua.

Headword: 
cactehua.
Principal English Translation: 

to hear something upon leaving or prior to death (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
cacteua
Alonso de Molina: 

cacteua. nic. (pret. oniccacteuac.) oyr algo antes que sevaya, o antes que se muera.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 11r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Death