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ayahuia.

Headword: 
ayahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to toss something in a blanket (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
āyāhuiā
IPAspelling: 
ɑːyɑːwiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

ĀYĀHUIĀ vt to toss something in a blanket / lo sacude con ayate (p.ej. maiz) (T) See ĀYĀ-TL,-HUIĀ.

ĀYĀHUILIĀ applic. ĀYĀHUIĀ

ĀYĀHUĪLŌ nonact. ĀYĀHUIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 16.

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