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macepohuia.

Headword: 
macepohuia.
Principal English Translation: 

for the hand or arm to tingle because of reduced circulation (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mācepōhuiā
IPAspelling: 
mɑːsepoːwiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀCEPŌHUIĀ for the hand or arm to tingle because of reduced circulation / se adormece la mano (T) [(3)Tp.165]. See MĀ(I)-TL, CEPŌHUIĀ .

MĀCEPŌHUĪHUA nonact. MĀCEPŌHUIĀ

MĀCEPŌHUĪTIĀ caus. MĀCEPŌHUIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 127.