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necpachoa.

Headword: 
necpachoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to rise above something, to exalt oneself; to place something on top, to raise something on high (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
necpachoā
IPAspelling: 
nekpɑtʃoɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

NECPACHOĀ vrefl.vt to rise above something, to exalt oneself; to place something on top, to raise something on high / se enciman, se sobreponen (T), lo encima (T) This shares some common meaning with MONECQUI and MONEQUINI ‘someone proud, arrogant,’ suggesting that the first element is derived from the verb NEQU(I] 'to want something.' See NEQU(I), PACHOĀ.

NECPACHILHUIĀ applic. NECPACHOĀ.

NECPACHŌLO nonact. NECPACHOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 161.