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mamachtia.

Headword: 
mamachtia.
Principal English Translation: 

to test oneself or impose oneself; or, to test another person (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

mamachtia. nino. (pret. oninomamachti.) ensayarse o imponerse.
mamachtia. nite. (pret. onitemamachti.) ensayar assi a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 51v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.