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ixtlamatcachihua.

Headword: 
ixtlamatcachihua.
Principal English Translation: 

wisely, sanely, prudently (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
ixtlamatcachiua, yxtlamatcachiua, yxtlamatcachihua
Alonso de Molina: 

abilmente. yxtlamatca. nezcalica. Estos y los semejantes, nunca se vsan sino en composicion. Exemplo. Niquixtlamatcachiua. hago algo con prudencia o abilmente.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1r.

themes: 
Behavior, Personality