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nacaztzacui.

Headword: 
nacaztzacui.
Principal English Translation: 

to become deaf (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
nɑkɑstsɑkwi
Frances Karttunen: 

NACAZTZACU(I) to become deaf / sordo, ensordece, remolino, torbellino (Z) [(4)Zp.53,108,117,175]. See NACAZ-TLI, TZACU(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 156.

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