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mauhcamahuiliztli.

Headword: 
mauhcamahuiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

fright, fear (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mauhcāmahuiliztli
IPAspelling: 
mɑwkɑːmɑwilistɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

MAUHCĀMAHUILIZ-TLI fright, fear / susto, miedo (T) [(1)Tp. 189]. See MAHU(I), MAHUILIZ-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 140.

themes: 
Emotions