to do it with the hands, done with the hands (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
mauia
IPAspelling:
mɑːwiɑ
Alonso de Molina:
mauia. nino. (pret. oninomaui.) hazerlo en las manos. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 54r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.