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zacacahua.

Headword: 
zacacahua.
Principal English Translation: 

to let a field go fallow, let the hay replenish without cultivating the field

Orthographic Variants: 
zacacaua, çacacaua
IPAspelling: 
sɑkɑkɑːwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

zacacaua. nitla. (pret. onitlazacacauh.) dexar henchir de yerua la heredad, no la beneficiando.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 13r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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