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michhua.

Headword: 
michhua.
Principal English Translation: 

a possessor of fish; or, a person from Michoacan (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
michhuah, Michhua, Michhuah
IPAspelling: 
mitʃwɑh
Frances Karttunen: 

MICHHUAH possessor of fish, person from Michoacan / dueño de pezcado (C), natural de Michoacán (C) [(6)Cf. 18V, 53r, 57r, /4)Rp.45,46]. See MICH-IN.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 146.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Hunting or Fishing
Race, Ethnicity, Identity
See also: 
Michhuacan.
Michhuacatlaca.
Michhuacatlalli.