elhuehuetzca.

Headword: 
elhuehuetzca.
Principal English Translation: 

to laugh with the mouth closed (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ēlhuēhuetzca
IPAspelling: 
eːlweːwetskɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

ĒLHUĒHUETZCA to laugh with the mouth closed / se ríe con la boca cerrada (T) [(3)Tp.249]. The T form is ambiguous between EL and ĒL but the sense seems to call for ĒL with its broad reference to internal organs and strong emotion. See ĒL-LI, HUĒHUETZCA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 77.

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