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xochtia.

Headword: 
xochtia.
Principal English Translation: 

to vomit; to give thanks or say something witty jokingly (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

xochtia. nino. (pret. oninoxochti.) gomitar.
xochtia. nite. (pret. onitexochti.) dezir gracias, o donayres para hazer reir.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 160r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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