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choquizhuehuetzca.

Headword: 
choquizhuehuetzca.
Principal English Translation: 

to laugh with tears in one’s eyes (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
chōquizhuēhuetzca
IPAspelling: 
tʃoːkisweːwetskɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

CHŌQUIZHUĒHUETZCA to laugh with tears in one’s eyes / se ríe llorando (T) [(3)Tp.126]. See CHŌCA, HUĒHUETZCA.

CHŌQUIZHUĒHUETZCOHUA nonact. CHŌQUIZHUĒHUETZCA

CHŌQUIZHUĒHUETZQUĪTIĀ caus. CHŌQUIZHUĒHUETZCA
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 55.

themes: 
Humor