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campaxoa.

Headword: 
campaxoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to nip at something or someone, to swallow something without chewing (see karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
campaxoā
IPAspelling: 
kɑmpɑʃoɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

CAMPAXOĀ vt to nip at something or someone, to swallow something without chewing / morder a alguien sin llevarse el pedazo (S), comer apriesa, tragando sin mascar (C) [(1)Cf.65r].

CAMPAXILHUIĀ applic. CAMPAXOĀ.

TLACAMPAXOĀ See CAMPAXOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 24.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking