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ixchicahua.

Headword: 
ixchicahua.
Principal English Translation: 

to take courage (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
īxchicāhua
IPAspelling: 
iːʃtʃikɑːwɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

ĪXCHICĀHU(A) vrefl to take courage / sa hace valiente (V) [(2)Zp.127, 170]. See ĪX-TLI, CHICĀHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 111.