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machihua.

Headword: 
machihua.
Principal English Translation: 

to do it in the hands (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
machiua
IPAspelling: 
mɑtʃiːwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

machiua. nino. (pret. oninomachiuh.) hazerlo en las manos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 50v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.