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mayauhtihuetzi.

Headword: 
mayauhtihuetzi.
Principal English Translation: 

to throw oneself to the floor (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
mayauhtiuetzi
Alonso de Molina: 

mayauhtiuetzi. nino. (pret. oninomayauhtiuetz.) echarse, o arrojarse por el suelo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 51r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

abalanzarse o echarse por essos suelos prostrado. nino. mayauhtiuetzi. nino, tlaztiuetzi.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1r.