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ixcahua.

Headword: 
ixcahua.
Principal English Translation: 

to stop doing something because of carelessness and negligence (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
ixcaua
IPAspelling: 
iːʃkɑːwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

ixcaua. nitla. (pret. oniquixcauh.) dejar de hazer algo por descuydo y negligencia.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 44v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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