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camacahua.

Headword: 
camacahua.
Principal English Translation: 

to let something fall from the mouth (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
camacāhua
IPAspelling: 
kɑmɑkɑːwɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

CAMACĀHU(A) vt to let something fall from the mouth / soltarsele alguna palabra la cual no quisiera haber dicho (M), lo suelta de la boca, lo deja caer de la boca (T) [(3)Tp.179]. See CAM(A)-TL, CĀHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 22, 23.