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tenquimiloa.

Headword: 
tenquimiloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to cover one's mouth with something; or, in the transitive, to cover someone's mouth with something (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
teːnkimiloɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tenquimiloa. nino. (pret. oninotenquimilo.) cubrirse o ataparse la boca con algo.
tenquimiloa. nite. (pret. onitetenquimilo.) cubrir o atapar la boca a otro con algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 99v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.