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chicohuia.

Headword: 
chicohuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to give something more to one than to another when distributing things; to improve someone, make them better (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
chicouia
IPAspelling: 
tʃikowiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

chicouia. nitetla. (pret. onitetlachicoui.) dar algo mas a vno que a otro el que reparte alguna cosa.
chicouia. nite. (pret. onitechicoui.) mejorar a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 20v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.