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chamahua.

Headword: 
chamahua.
Principal English Translation: 

for the child to grow; for something to grow or get fat; or, for corn or cocoa to come in season (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
chamaua
Alonso de Molina: 

chamaua. ni. (pret. onichamauac.) crecer el niño, o comenzar a estar de sazon la mazorca de mayz, o de cacao.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 19r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Children, Childhood, Adolescence
Chocolate, Cocoa, Cacao
Corn, Maize
Plants, Trees, Flora