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macui.

Headword: 
macui.
Principal English Translation: 

to grasp something, to take something in one’s hand (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mācui
IPAspelling: 
mɑːkwi
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀCUI vt to grasp something, to take something in one’s hand / lo coge en la mano, lo agarra con la mano (T) [(3)Tp. 191]. Z has MAHCUI ‘to baptize’ and TLAMAHCUĪLIZ-TLI ‘baptism’ which may be variants of this verb in the sense of faith taking one into its hands or being bestowed by the laying on of hands. See MĀ(I)-TL, CUI.

MĀCUILIĀ applic. MĀCUI

MĀCUILĪLŌ nonact. MĀCUI
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 130.