macuauhti. | Nahuatl Dictionary

Headword:

macuauhti.

Principal English Translation:

for the hands, arms to tire, grow stiff (see Karttunen), literally, to become wooden

Orthographic Variants:

mācuauhti

IPAspelling:

mɑːkwɑwti

Frances Karttunen:

MĀCUAUHTI for the hands, arms to tire, grow stiff / se cansa las manos (T) [(3)Tp.164]. See MĀ(I)-TL, CUAUHTI.

MĀCUAUHTĪHUA nonact. MĀCUAUHTI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 129.