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yucuya.

Headword: 
yucuya.
Principal English Translation: 

for God to create something new; to fake or hide something; or to invent or form something (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

yucuya. nite. criar Dios algo de nueuo.
yucuya. nic. (pret. onicyucux.) fingir, o disimular algo.
yucuya. nitla. inventar, o formar algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 44r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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