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ciacahuia.

Headword: 
ciacahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to hug under the armpits (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
ciacauia
Alonso de Molina: 

abarcar debaxo delsobaco. nitla. ciacauia. nitla. ciacapachoa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1r.

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