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mapachoa.

Headword: 
mapachoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to seize something, lay hold of something or press something with the hand (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
māpachoā
IPAspelling: 
mɑːpɑtʃoɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀPACHOĀ vt to seize something, lay hold of something or press something with the hand / tomar, asir, apretar algo con las manos (S) [(3)Tp. 191]. See MĀ(I)-TL, PACHOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 137.