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ixmauhtia.

Headword: 
ixmauhtia.
Principal English Translation: 

to feel giddy or intimidated; to intimidate someone (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
īxmauhtiā
IPAspelling: 
iːʃmɑwtiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

ĪXMAUHTIĀ vrefl, vt to feel giddy or intimidated; to intimidate someone / tener algún negocio arduo entre manos, o desvanecerse la cabeza pasando por algún lugar hondo o puente estrecha y alta (M), da miedo (de no ser capaz de hacerlo) T[(3)Tp.217]. This seems to be homophonous with and in fact the same derivation as ĪXMAUHTIĀ ‘to poke someone in the eye.’ See ĪX-TLI, MAUHTIĀ

ĪXMAUHTILIĀ applic. ĪXMAUHTIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 115.