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caxahua.

Headword: 
caxahua.
Principal English Translation: 

to loosen something or unravel something, to remove or lessen a tribute payment, or to make someone thin (transitive); to become thin and without flesh on one's bones, for the water to get lower, or for a pestilence to become less pervasive (reflexive)

Orthographic Variants: 
caxaua
IPAspelling: 
kɑʃɑːwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

caxaua. nitla. (pret. onitlacaxauh.) afloxar algo, odesbastar alguna cosa, o quitar y disminuir algo del tributo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 13r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

caxaua. ni. (pret. onicaxauac.) tornarse flaco y sin carnes, o descrecer y menguarla mar, o el rio, o afloxar la pestilencia.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 13r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

caxaua. nite. (pret. onitecaxauh.) enflaquecer a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 13r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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