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tomanenemi.

Headword: 
tomanenemi.
Principal English Translation: 

to go on all fours, to crawl (see Krattunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tōmānehnemi
IPAspelling: 
toːmɑːnehnemi
Frances Karttunen: 

TŌMĀNEHNEM(I) pret: -NEN to go on all fours, to crawl / anda en cuatro pies, gatea (T) [(3)Tp.242]. M has synonymous manenemi and mamanenemi. See MĀ(I)-TL, NEHNEM(I).

TŌMĀNEHNEMOHUA nonact. TŌMĀNEHNEM(I).

TŌMĀNEHNEMILIĀ caus. TŌMĀNEHNEM(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 245.