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mamapehua.

Headword: 
mamapehua.
Principal English Translation: 

to keep pushing oneself away (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
māmāpēhua
IPAspelling: 
mɑːmɑːpeːwɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀMĀPĒHU(A) vrefl to keep pushing oneself away / se empuja mucho (T) [(1)Tp.153]. redup. MĀPĒHU(A)

MĀMĀPĒHUALŌ nonact. MĀMĀPĒHU(A)
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 135.