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mauhcaitta.

Headword: 
mauhcaitta.
Principal English Translation: 

to regard someone, something with fear, respect (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mauhcāitta
IPAspelling: 
mɑwkɑːittɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

MAUHCĀITTA vt to regard someone, something with fear, respect / ver a alguien con temor, respeto (S), prestar atención a una cosa, mirarla con temor (S) [(3)Tp. 189]. See MAHU(I), (I)TTA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 140.