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cuaxamanilia.

Headword: 
cuaxamanilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to break someone’s head (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuāxamāniliā
IPAspelling: 
kwɑːʃɑmɑːniliɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

CUĀXAMĀNILIĀ vt to break someone’s head / le quebró la cabeza ( C for past tense) [(1)Cf.75r]. applic. CUĀXAMĀNIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 66.