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izahuaca.

Headword: 
izahuaca.
Principal English Translation: 

for a moving snake to make noise; or, to be hoarse, or for things to sound hollow and empty, like damaged cocoa (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
izauaca
IPAspelling: 
isɑwɑːkɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

izauaca. (pret. oizauacac.) hazer ruido la culebra que corre.
izauaca. n. (pret. onizauacac.) estar ronco, o sonar las cosas huecas y vazias, como elcacao dañado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 32r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Snakes, Serpents