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mapachin.

Headword: 
mapachin.
Principal English Translation: 

raccoon; thief (by extension) (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
māpachin
IPAspelling: 
mɑːpɑtʃ
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀPACH-IN Pl. –TIN- -MEH raccoon; thief (by extension) / el que hurta, ladrón (T), mapache (animal) (Z) This apparently can extend to coatis and ringtails. See MĀPACHOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 137.