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occhalchihuitl.

Headword: 
occhalchihuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a metaphor, meaning still virginal, her precious greenstone ("cultural jade" or jadeite, i.e., vagina) still preserved (see Molina; Engl. transl. by SW)

Orthographic Variants: 
occhalchiuitl, oc chalchihuitl, oc chalchiuitl
Alonso de Molina: 

occhalchiuitl. es aun donzella y virgen. metaphora.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 75r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Jewelry, Adornment, Accouterments
Sexuality, Fertility, Reproduction
Stones, Masonry
Turquoise, Greenstone/Jade
See also: 
oc.
chalchihuitl.