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za oquicua.

Headword: 
za oquicua.
Principal English Translation: 

he did not leave it uneaten; it has been eaten; or, he dared to eat it (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
zaoquiqua, za oquicua
Alonso de Molina: 

zaoquiqua. no dexo de comerlo, o todauia selo comio, o atreuiose a comello. et sic de alijs.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 14v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking