Search Issues: Update 2026-09-16 - Repairs to some of our search pages are ongoing. Thank you for your continued patience!

Meanwhile, elements of the Advanced Search are working and the Alphabetical Listings are working, too.

chiquihuia.

Headword: 
chiquihuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to carry something in a basket; or, to strain something using a basket

Orthographic Variants: 
chiquiuia
IPAspelling: 
tʃikiwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

chiquiuia. nitla. (pret. onitlachiquiui.) lleuar algo en cesto o espuerta, o colar algo con cesto.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 21v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.