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nacaxacualoa.

Headword: 
nacaxacualoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to beat the meat violently (to soften the meat by swishing or pounding it) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
nacaxaqualoa
Alonso de Molina: 

nacaxaqualoa. ni. (pret. oninacaxaqualo.) magullar carne.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 062r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking