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ahahuiya.

Headword: 
ahahuiya.
Principal English Translation: 

to take pleasure (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
ɑhɑːwiyɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

AHĀHUIY(A) pret: AHĀHUĪX to take pleasure / regocijarse mucho (C). This contrasts with AHĀHUIĀ ´to moisten something.´redup. ĀHUIY(A)
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 4.

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