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zazahuaca.

Headword: 
zazahuaca.
Principal English Translation: 

to be hoarse, to buzz, to blow air through a bellows (see Molina); in contemporary Eastern Huastecan Nahuatl this term continues to refer to sounds (see IDIEZ material)

Orthographic Variants: 
zazauaca, çaçahuaca, çaçauaca
IPAspelling: 
sɑsɑwɑkɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

zazauaca. ni. (pret. onizazauacac.) estar ronco, o zumbar, o follar las fuelles
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 13v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

IDIEZ morfema: 
çaçaca
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
1. for the swollen river to make its rushing sound. 2. for plastic to make a wrinkling sound when it is grabbed.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
1. Caquizti chicahuac atl quemman temi atlauhtli. “Tlahuel zazahuaca atemitl pampa quinolchohtihuallauh miac tlamantli.” 2. Caquizti nailoh huan amatl quemman macehualli quimahtzoloa. “Ne amatl tlahuel zazahuaca quemman Maria quicuehcuelpachoa.”
IDIEZ def. español: 
1. Tlen ce axoncan. 2. Se escucha la bolsa y papel cuando una persona lo agarra. “ese papel se escucha muy cuando alguien lo dobla.”
IDIEZ morfología: 
zahuāni (tlaomp.)
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlach1.
themes: 
Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)