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capotzehui.

Headword: 
capotzehui.
Principal English Translation: 

to turn black (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
capotzēhui
IPAspelling: 
kɑpotseːwi
Frances Karttunen: 

CAPOTZĒHU(I) to turn black / se pone negro (T) [(1)Tp.114]. M has caputzaui with the same sense. See CAPOTZTIC, -ĒHU(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 25.

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See also: 
capotzahui.
capotzahuiliztli.
capotzauhqui.