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mauhcayacana.

Headword: 
mauhcayacana.
Principal English Translation: 

to flee ahead of someone (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mauhcāyacāna
IPAspelling: 
mɑwkɑːyɑkɑːnɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

MAUHCĀYACĀN(A) vt to flee ahead of someone / va adelante huyendo (el otro le sigue) (T) [(3)Tp. 189]. See MAHU(I), YACĀN(A).

MAUHCĀYACĀNILIĀ applic. MAUHCĀYACĀN(A)

MAUHCĀYACĀNALŌ nonact. MAUHCĀYACĀN(A)
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 140.