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motenehuani.

Headword: 
motenehuani.
Principal English Translation: 

someone arrogant, boastful (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
motēnēhuani
IPAspelling: 
moteːneːwɑni
Frances Karttunen: 

MOTĒNĒHUANI someone arrogant, boastful / arrogante (T) [(1)Tp.158]. See TĒNĒHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 153.