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xonacahuia.

Headword: 
xonacahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to put onion in the salmagundi (a mixed dish consisting of chopped meat, eggs, onions, oil, etc.), or in the stew (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
xonacauia
IPAspelling: 
ʃoːnɑkɑwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

xonacauia. nitla. (pret. onitlaxonacaui.) echar cebolla al salpicon, o al guisado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 161r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking