moxahua

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• moxaua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moʃaːwa/

Verb

moxāhua

1. (reflexive) To put on traditional women's makeup.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:

     Afeytarſe la muger al modo antiguo. ninoxaua.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (reflexive) To ripen.

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 263.