CUACUĀ vt; pret: CUACUAH to chew or gnaw at something / mascar pan, carne, etc., o roer el ratón papel, manta, etc. (C) [(1)Cf.127v]. This contrast with CUAHCUĀ ‘to snap, nip at something’ M combines both senses in a single entry with the gloss ‘to nip something or for a sheep to ruminate.’ redup. CUĀ
CUACUALTIĀ caus. CUACUĀ Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 56.