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cacticac.

Headword: 
cacticac.
Principal English Translation: 

an abandoned house, unoccupied house (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
kɑːktihkɑk
Alonso de Molina: 

cacticac. casa desamparada que no se habita.
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.

Attestations from sources in English: 

cactimani = to have some free time; or, to have silence for a short while; or, for the city to be empty suddenly, and destroyed

a translation from Alonso de Molina, 1571, Vocabulario en lengua mexicana y castellana (www.idiez.org.mx), f. 11r.

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