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mateuhnemi.

Headword: 
mateuhnemi.
Principal English Translation: 

to live a poor and unfortunate life (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
mɑtewnemi
Alonso de Molina: 

mateuhnemi. ni. (pret. onimateuhnen.) vivir pobre y desaprovechado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 52v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

mateuhnemi (p. omateuhnen, ni-) = vivir pobre, desdichado
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicano (Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1988), 257.

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