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cihuamontia.

Headword: 
cihuamontia.
Principal English Translation: 

to take a daughter-in-law, seeing one's son married (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
ciuamontia
IPAspelling: 
siwɑːmoːntiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

ciuamontia. nino. (pret. oninociuamonti.) tomar nuera, casando alguno asu hijo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 22v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.