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mace.

Headword: 
mace.
Principal English Translation: 

particle cluster used in place of simple (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
māceh
IPAspelling: 
mɑːseh
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀCEH particle cluster used in place of simple MĀ to introduce clauses expressing wishes, commands, admonitions [(3)Cf. 25V]. See MĀ, ZO, (Y)EH.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 127.