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cehualhuia.

Headword: 
cehualhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to take shelter from the heat of the sun with some sort of shade (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
ceualhuia
IPAspelling: 
seːwɑlwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

ceualhuia. nino. (pret. oninoceualhui.) ampararse del calor del sol con alguna sombra.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 18v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

ceualhuia. nitla. (pret. onitlaceualhui.) hazer sombra a otros.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 18v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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