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acohuic.

Headword: 
acohuic.
Principal English Translation: 

upward (see Karttunen); up, above (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
ɑhkowiːk
Alonso de Molina: 

acouic. arriba.
acouic nitlachia. pret. acouic onitlachix. mirar hazia arriba
acouic nonteitta. pret. acouic ononteittac. mirar al que esta arriba
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 2v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

AHCOHUĪC upward / hacia arriba (M) See AHCO, -HUĪC.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 5.