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nopalaquia.

Headword: 
nopalaquia.
Principal English Translation: 

to plant cactus fruits, nopal cactus plants (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
nopalaquia
IPAspelling: 
nohpɑlɑkiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

nopalaquia. ni. (pret. oninopalaqui.) plantar tunas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 73v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Plants, Trees, Flora