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cahuani.

Headword: 
cahuani.
Principal English Translation: 

to catch fire (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cahuāni
IPAspelling: 
kɑwɑːni
Frances Karttunen: 

CAHUĀN(I) to catch fire / prende (Z) [(4)Zp.24,101,143]. Two of these attestations are in the construction CAHUĀNTOC Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 21.

IDIEZ morfema: 
cahuāni.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
for a fire to light.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
Quinamiqui tlitl quemman macehualli tlipitza. “Quemman Victoria quinahuatiah ma tlipitza, nelcahuani tlitl pampa tlahuel quiamati tlipitzaz. ”
IDIEZ def. español: 
A. prende la lumbre cuando una persona hace la lumbre. “Victoria le ordenan que haga lumbre y que prenda porque no quieren que haya humo”.
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlach2.
themes: 
Fire, Tobacco, Incense
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