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ahahuia.

Headword: 
ahahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to moisten something (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
ɑhɑːwiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

AHĀHUIĀ vt to moisten something / lo moja (Z)[(1)Zp.185]. This implies *ĀHUIĀ, of which this would be the reduplicated form. This contrasts with AHĀHUIY(A) ´to take pleasure.´See Ā-TL, -HUIĀ.*ĀHUIĀ See AHĀHUIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 4.