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camapinahua.

Headword: 
camapinahua.
Principal English Translation: 

to be bashful in speech or eating habits (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
camapīnāhua
IPAspelling: 
kɑmɑpiːnɑːwɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

CAMAPĪNĀHUA to be bashful in speech or eating habits / se avergüenza en comer, en hablar, etc. (T) [(5)Tp.113]. T forms the preterit as CAMAPĪNĀUH, but elsewhere PĪNĀHUA forms its preterit by adding –C. See CAM(A)-TL, PĪNĀHUA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 23.