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mamacochoa.

Headword: 
mamacochoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to hug (speaking of two people putting their heads on one another's shoulder) (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

abraçarse dos, poniendo el vno la cabeça enel cuello del otro. mo, mamacochoa. moquechnaua. momacochoa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1v.

themes: 
Emotions
Friendship, Affection