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macacahua.

Headword: 
macacahua.
Principal English Translation: 

to let something fall (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mācahcāhua
IPAspelling: 
mɑːkɑhkɑːwɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀCAHCĀHU(A) vt to let something fall / deja caer (Z) [(2)Zp.40, 189]. redup. MĀCĀHU(A)
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 126.