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ohuaya.

Headword: 
ohuaya.
Principal English Translation: 

a vocable expressed in songs, connected to anguish and war cries (ca. 1582, central Mexico)
John Bierhorst, Ballads of the Lords of New Spain (Austin: University of Texas Press, UTDigital, 2009), 42; http://utdi.org/book/index.php?page=songs.php

themes: 
Emotions
Music, Song, Dance