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ahatemi.

Headword: 
ahatemi.
Principal English Translation: 

to fill up with water, to flood (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ahātēmi
IPAspelling: 
ɑhɑːteːmi
Frances Karttunen: 

AHĀTĒM(I) pret: -TĒN to fill up with water, to flood / ser hidrópico (M for atemi), se inunda (T)[(1)Tp.107]. See Ā-TL, TĒM(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 4.

themes: 
Water