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cochihuayan.

Headword: 
cochihuayan.
Principal English Translation: 

dormitory, inn, cell, or sleeping chamber (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
cochiuayan
IPAspelling: 
kotʃiːwɑyɑːn
Alonso de Molina: 

cochiuayan. dormitorio, meson, celda o camara para dormir.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 23r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

COCHĪHUAYĀN bedroom, dormitory / dormitorio mesón, celda, o cama para dormir (M) [(1)Cf.51r]. See COCHĪHUA, -YĀN.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 36.

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