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ahua.

Headword: 
ahua.
Principal English Translation: 

someone who possesses, has control over water (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
āhuah
IPAspelling: 
ɑːwɑh
Frances Karttunen: 

ĀHUAH someone who possesses, has control over water / dueño del agua (C) this is generally found in the phrase ĀHUAH TEPĒHUAH ´resident of a town´ from ĀLTEPĒ-TL ´town.´
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 8.

themes: 
Water