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camacui.

Headword: 
camacui.
Principal English Translation: 

to take something in the mouth (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
kɑmɑkwi
Frances Karttunen: 

CAMACUI vt to take something in the mouth / lo coge con la boca (T) [(1)Cf.96r,(3)Tp.179]. See CAM(A)-TL, CUI .
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 23.

IDIEZ morfema: 
camacui.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
to retain liquid in one’s mouth.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
nic. Macehualli mocamatequilia quentzin atl huan zan quipixtoc icamaco. “Quemman ce acahya tzihcuinoa, quicamacui chicome hueltah atl huan iuhquinon quiilcahua. ”
IDIEZ def. español: 
A. nic. una persona agarra un poco de agua con la boca. “Cuando alguien tiene hipo le dan 3 veces agua, para que le pase eso”.
IDIEZ morfología: 
camatl, cui.
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlach1.
Audio for Headword: 

camacui

tlahtolli: 
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