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cochtlapechtepexihuia.

Headword: 
cochtlapechtepexihuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to fall out of bed in one’s sleep (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cochtlapechtepehxihuiā
IPAspelling: 
kotʃtɬɑpetʃtepehʃiwiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

COCHTLAPECHTEPEHXIHUIĀ vrefl to fall out of bed in one’s sleep / cae de la cama dormido (T)[(3)Tp.146]. See COCH(I), TLAPECH-TLI, TEPEHXIHUIĀ.

COCHTLAPECHTEPEHXIHUĪHUA nonact. COCHTLAPECHTEPEHXIHUIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 37.