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cuahuacal.

Headword: 
cuahuacal.
Principal English Translation: 

a man or a woman with a wide head (see Molina); appears to be a reference to the large dry measuring container used for maize seed (corn kernels)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauacal, quahuacal
Alonso de Molina: 

quauacal. hombre, o muger de ancha cabeza.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 86r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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