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temauhcaittani.

Headword: 
temauhcaittani.
Principal English Translation: 

someone timid, shy (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tēmauhcāittani
IPAspelling: 
teːmɑwkɑːittɑni
Frances Karttunen: 

TĒMAUHCĀITTANI someone timid, shy / temeroso, huraño (T) [(1)Tp.227]. See MAUHCĀITTA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 222.