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cahuani.

Headword:

cahuani.

Principal English Translation:

to catch fire (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants:

cahuāni

IPAspelling:

kɑwɑːni

Frances Karttunen:

CAHUĀN(I) to catch fire / prende (Z) [(4)Zp.24,101,143]. Two of these attestations are in the construction CAHUĀNTOC Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 21.

IDIEZ morfema:

cahuāni.

IDIEZ traduc. inglés:

for a fire to light.

IDIEZ def. náhuatl:

Quinamiqui tlitl quemman macehualli tlipitza. “Quemman Victoria quinahuatiah ma tlipitza, nelcahuani tlitl pampa tlahuel quiamati tlipitzaz. ”

IDIEZ def. español:

A. prende la lumbre cuando una persona hace la lumbre. “Victoria le ordenan que haga lumbre y que prenda porque no quieren que haya humo”.

IDIEZ gramática:

tlach2.

themes:

Fire, Tobacco, Incense