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nomahuia.

Headword: 
nomahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to act of one's free will (see Molina and Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
nomauia
IPAspelling: 
nohmɑhwiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

nomauia. nino. (pret. oninonomaui.) hazer algo desu proprio aluedrio y voluntad.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 73r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

NOHMAHHUIĀ vrefl to act of one's free will / hacer algo de su propio albedrío y voluntad (M) [(2)Bf.10r,11r,(2)Cf.60v]. See NOHMAH, -HUIĀ.

NOHMAHHUILIĀ applic. NOHMAHHUIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 173.