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ahamaxehui.

Headword: 
ahamaxehui.
Principal English Translation: 

to swell and ooze (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ahāmāxēhui
IPAspelling: 
ɑhɑːmɑːʃeːwi
Frances Karttunen: 

AHĀMĀXĒHU(I) to swell and ooze / se escalda (de comezón), se pone blanquizca (la mano, etc.), se esponja (frijol, etc.), se enlama (T)[(1)Tp.170]. See ĀMAXCUITL(A)-TL, -ĒHU(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 4.

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