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cepohuiya.

Headword: 
cepohuiya.
Principal English Translation: 

to get numb (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cepōhuiya
IPAspelling: 
sepoːwiyɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

CEPŌHUIY(A) pret: CEPŌHUIX to get numb / se entume, se adormece (T) [(3)Tp.222]. This intransitive form contrasts with transitive CEPŌHUIĀ. See CEPŌHUA.

CEPŌHUIYALŌ nonact. CEPŌHUIY(A).

CEPŌHUĪTIĀ caus. CEPŌHUĪA, CEPŌHUIY(A)
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 32.

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