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cueponia.

Headword: 
cueponia.
Principal English Translation: 

to cause something to make a thundering sound (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuepōniā
IPAspelling: 
kwepoːniɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

CUEPŌNIĀ vt to cause something to make a thundering sound / lo truena (T) This is abundantly attested, but only in T. See CUEPŌN(I).

CUEPŌNILIĀ applic. CUEPŌNIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 70.

themes: 
Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)