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maxaloa.

Headword: 
maxaloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to practice on another the idea that eating a particular food will lead to being more ferocious; for a married man to have betrayed his wife, having an affair with another woman, or vise versa; for something to naturally come to me because of a custom of many years (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
mɑʃɑloɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

maxaloa. nite. (pret. onitemaxalo.) ceuar a otro con algo.
maxaloa. nic. (pret. onicmaxalo.) hazer traicion el casado a su mujer, teniendo parte con otra, o ella a el cometiendo adulterio
maxaloa. nech. (pret. onechmaxalo.) volverseme en naturaleza alguna cosa, por la costumbre de muchos años
maxaloa. nitla. (pret. onitlamaxalo.) apartarse de un camino para seguir otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 54v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.