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cihuatl yacayo.

Headword: 
cihuatl yacayo.
Principal English Translation: 

the gray hair on an older woman's genitals (?) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
ciuatl yacayo
Alonso de Molina: 

ciuatl yacayo. el caño dela generacion dela natura dela muger.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 22v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.