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centlamia.

Headword: 
centlamia.
Principal English Translation: 

to completely finish something that is edible, to completely run out of some kind of food (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
sentɬɑmiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

centlamia. nic. (pret. oniccentlami.) acabar del todo alguna cosa comestible.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 18r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking