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cuamana.

Headword: 
cuamana.
Principal English Translation: 

to lie to someone, to deceive someone (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuāmana
IPAspelling: 
kwɑːmɑnɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

CUĀMAN(A) vt to lie to someone, to deceive someone / le miente, lo engaña (T) [(6)Tp.183,229].
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 59.