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cuacua.

Headword: 
cuacua.
Principal English Translation: 

to snap, nip at something; for stock to graze (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuahcuā
IPAspelling: 
kwɑhkwɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

CUAHCUĀ vt; pret: CUAHCUAH to snap, nip at something; for stock to graze / dar bocados o dentelladas a otro (M), pacer el ganado (M) [(4)Cf.50v,127v,128r]. M combines this item with CUACUĀ in a single entry with the gloss ‘to nip something or for a sheep to ruminate.’ redup. CUĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 57.