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nemauhtilli.

Headword: 
nemauhtilli.
Principal English Translation: 

fear, dread (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
nemauhtīlli
IPAspelling: 
nemɑwtiːlli
Frances Karttunen: 

NEMAUHTĪL-LI fear, dread / espanto, susto (Z) [(3)Zp.55,119,177]. Z has O for A in this item and no absolutive suffix. M has the longer form nemauhtilizlli with the same sense. See MAUHTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 165.