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nempehui.

Headword: 
nempehui.
Principal English Translation: 

to begin to have some feeling of apprehension for no good reason (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
nēmpēhui
IPAspelling: 
neːmpeːwi
Frances Karttunen: 

NĒMPĒHU(I) to begin to have some feeling of apprehension for no good reason / empieza (a tener miedo, etc.) sin causa (T) [(3)Tp.167J. See NĒN, PĒHU(A).

NĒMPĒHUĪHUA nonact. NĒMPĒHU(I).

NĒMPĒHUĪTIĀ caus. NĒMPĒHU(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 166.