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macacapani.

Headword: 
macacapani.
Principal English Translation: 

to make tortillas (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mācahcapāni
IPAspelling: 
mɑːkɑhkɑpɑːni
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀCAHCAPĀN(I) to make tortillas / tortillea (Z) [(2)Zp.124, 165]. This refers to the slapping motion of shaping a tortilla. See MĀCAPĀNIĀ .
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 126.