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camanalhuia.

Headword: 
camanalhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to enunciate; to say thanks; or to tease someone with words

IPAspelling: 
kɑmɑnɑlwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

camanalhuia. nite. (pret. onitecamanalchiuh.) enlabiar, dezir gracias, o burlar de palabra.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 12r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Humor
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition