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cuacoyonia.

Headword: 
cuacoyonia.
Principal English Translation: 

to hurt one's head, or to hurt someone's head (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quacoyonia
Alonso de Molina: 

quacoyonia. nino. (pret. oninoquacoyoni.) descalabrarse.
quacoyonia. nite. (pret. onitequacoyoni.) descalabrar a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 84r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

IDIEZ morfema: 
cuācoyōniā.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
to injure s.o.’s head with a rock.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
nic. Macehualli quimahcahua tetl canahya huan quiahci ceyoc pan itzontecon. “Na niccuacoyonih ce teoquichpil pampa itztoya itzalan tamaxococuahuitl huan na nitemahcahuayaya. ”
IDIEZ morfología: 
cuāitl, coyōniā.
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlach3.
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cuācoyōniā

tlahtolli: 
cuācoyōniā
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