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cactotoma.

Headword: 
cactotoma.
Principal English Translation: 

to untie or take off shoes

IPAspelling: 
kɑktotomɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

cactotoma. nino. (pret. oninocactoton.) desatar los zapatos, o descalzarselos.
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.

cactotoma. nite. (pret. onitecactoton.) desatarlos o descalzarlos a otro.
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.