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nencuepa.

Headword: 
nencuepa.
Principal English Translation: 

to go somewhere for naught; to restore, return something to no avail (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
nēncuepa
IPAspelling: 
neːnkwepɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

NĒNCUEP(A) vrefl.vt to go somewhere for naught; to restore, return something to no avail / va en balde, va en vano (T), lo devuelve en vano (T) [(6)Tp.154,194]. See NĒN, CUEP(A).

NĒNCUEPILIĀ applic. NĒNCUEP(A).

NĒNCUEPALŌ nonact. NĒNCUEP(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 167.