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omichicahuazoa.

Headword: 
omichicahuazoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to play a certain bone instrument during dances (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
omichicauazoa
IPAspelling: 
omitʃikɑːwɑsoɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

omichicauazoa. n. (pret. onomichicauazo.) tocar, o tañer cierto huesso quando bailan o danzan.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 76v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

The related noun might be omichicahuaztli. See the hieroglyph for the personal name Tomichicahuaz (seemingly a possessed noun) in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco, f. 904v. (SW)