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acallaza.

Headword: 
acallaza.
Principal English Translation: 

to send boats out into the water (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
acallaça
IPAspelling: 
ɑːkɑllɑːsɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

acallaza. n. (pret. onacallaz). nitla. (pret. onitlaacallaz). echar naues al agua.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 1v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

acal + tlaza

themes: 
Marine, Maritime, Lacustrine
Transportation, Travel
Water