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motquitica huino.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
motquitica huino.
Principal English Translation: 

pure wine, not mixed with anything else (see Molina; partly a loan word, huino = vino = wine)

Orthographic Variants: 
motquitica uino
Alonso de Molina: 

motquitica uino. vino puro. i. no mezclado con otra cosa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 060v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Alcohol, Hallucinogens
Beverages