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Headword:

zozohua.

Principal English Translation:

to spread open one’s arms; to spread something out (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants:

zohzōhua

IPAspelling:

sohsoːwɑ

Frances Karttunen:

ZOHZŌHU(A) vrefl; vt to spread open one’s arms; to spread something out / abrir los brazos; tender o deplegar mantas, o abrir libros (M)(K) [(2)Bf.6v,7r]. redup. ZŌHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 348.