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mamacuilli.

Headword: 
mamacuilli.
Principal English Translation: 

of five in five; or, five for each one (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
mɑːmɑːkwiːlli
Alonso de Molina: 

mamacuilli. de cinco en cinco, o cada vno cinco.
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.

Frances Karttunen: 

MĀMĀCUĪL-LI by fives, five apiece / de cinco en cinco, o cada uno cinco (M) This is implied by MĀMĀCUĪLILHUITICA. redup. MĀCUĪL-LI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 135.

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