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maaci.

Headword: 
maaci.
Principal English Translation: 

to reach something with one’s hand (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
māahci
IPAspelling: 
mɑːɑhsi
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀAHCI vt to reach something with one’s hand / lo alcanzar (T), alcanza con la mano (Z) [(3)Tp.191, (2)Zp.8,165]. Z gives this as an intransitive verb. See MĀ(I)-TL, AHCI.

MĀAHXILIĀ applic. MĀAHCI

MĀAHXĪHUA nonact. MĀAHCI
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 126.