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chichiqui.

Headword: 
chichiqui.
Principal English Translation: 

to weave the needle through the cloth, or scratch a line in something; to scratch at a wall, or something else

IPAspelling: 
tʃitʃiki
Alonso de Molina: 

chichiqui. nitla. (pret. onitlachichic.) entretexer agujero de manta, y raspar, o rallar algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 20r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

chichiqui. nino. (pret. oninochichic.) estregarse, o rascarse ala pared, o a otra cosa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 20r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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