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catzana.

Headword: 
catzana.
Principal English Translation: 

to stretch out one’s arms and legs (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cātzāna
IPAspelling: 
kɑːtsɑːnɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

CĀTZĀN(A) vrefl to stretch out one’s arms and legs / se despereza ( el cansancio) (T) [(3)Tp.146].

CĀTZĀNALŌ nonact. CĀTZĀN(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 25.