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coyonenemi.

Headword: 
coyonenemi.
Principal English Translation: 

to crawl, or to go about on all fours like a coyote, referring to a child or baby who has begun to move independently (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuyunenemi
Alonso de Molina: 

coyonenemi. ni. (pret. onicoyonenen.) andar agatas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 24r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

cuyunenemi. ni. (pret. onicuyunenen.) gatear el niño que comienza a andar.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 27v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Children, Childhood, Adolescence