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atemia.

Headword: 
atemia.
Principal English Translation: 

to clean or remove lice from others (transitive verb); to remove lice from oneself (intransitive verb)

IPAspelling: 
ɑtemiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

atemia. nin. (pret. oninatemi.) espulgarse.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 7v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

atemia. nite. (pret. oniteatemi.) espulgar a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 7v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

ATEMIĀ vrefl,vt to delouse oneself; to delouse someone / espulgarse (M), espulgar a otro (M) See ATEM(I)-TL. ATEMILIĀ applic. ATEMIĀ ATEMĪLŌ nonact. ATEMIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 12.

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