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caca.

Headword: 
caca.
Principal English Translation: 

toad(s), frog(s) (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
kɑkɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

CACA toad, frog / sapo (T), rana (X) [(1)Tp.112,(6)Xp.31,104]. No absolutive suffix is attested. T has this with –TŌN, and X has it with –TZIN. See CALĀ-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 18.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
See also: 
calatl.
milcalatl.