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huahualania.

Headword: 
huahualania.
Principal English Translation: 

to spew blood from the mouth, spitting it out in spurts (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
uahualania
IPAspelling: 
wɑːwɑlɑːniɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

uaualania. nitla. (pret. onitlaualani.) lanzar sangre, o otra cosa por la boca.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 155r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

abocanadas echar algo. nitla, pipiazquetza. nitla, uaualania. nitla, xoxauania.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1v.