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macuauhpitzoa.

Headword: 
macuauhpitzoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to extend the arm or hand and hold it rigid, to exert force with the arm (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mācuauhpitzoā
IPAspelling: 
mɑːkwɑwpitsoɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀCUAUHPITZOĀ vrefl to extend the arm or hand and hold it rigid, to exert force with the arm / extiende la mano y la detiene rígida, endurece las manos, se hace fuerza con las manos (T)[(3)Tp.153]. See MA(I)-TL, CUAUHPITZOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 129.