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camapaca.

Headword: 
camapaca.
Principal English Translation: 

to rinse or wash one's mouth (reflexive); to wash out someone's mouth (transitive) (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
kɑmɑpɑːkɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

camapaca. nino. (pret. oninocamapac.) enxaguarse, o lauarse laboca.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 12r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

camapaca. nite. (pret. onitecamapac.) lauar la boca a otro dandole con que.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 12r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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