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xochitemoa.

Headword: 
xochitemoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to seek something as one seeks flowers (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xōchitēmoā
IPAspelling: 
ʃoːtʃiteːmoɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

XŌCHITĒMOĀ vt to seek something as one seeks flowers / busco y escojo (algo) como flores (C for first pers. sg. subject) [(2)Cf.76r, (1)Rp.49]. See the discussion under XŌCHITĒMOĀ with incorporated object. See XŌCHI-TL, TĒMOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 328.

themes: 
Flowers
Plants, Trees, Flora