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Headword:

pachichihua.

Principal English Translation:

to concoct medicines for the purpose of curing/healing

Orthographic Variants:

pachichiua

IPAspelling:

pɑhtʃihtʃiːwɑ

Alonso de Molina:

pachichiua. ni. (pret. onipachichiuh.) componer medicinas para curar.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 78v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.