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zahuana.

Headword: 
zahuana.
Principal English Translation: 

to be hoarse (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
sɑwɑnɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

ZAHUAN(A) to be hoarse / está ronco (T) [(3)Tp.221]. See ZAHUAN(I).

ZAHUANALŌ nonact. ZAHUAN(A).

ZAHUANALTIĀ caus. ZAHUAN(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 345.

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