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temohua.

Headword: 
temohua.
Principal English Translation: 

for descent to take place, for people to descend (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
temōhua
IPAspelling: 
temoːwɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

TEMŌHUA for descent to take place, for people to descend / todos descienden o abajan (M) This nonactive form of TEMŌ with its preterit TEMŌHUAC has an entry of its own in M. It contrasts with TĒMOĀ 'to seek something' The notation of the attestations is ambiguous for the vowel of the second syllable, but by analogy with TLEHCŌ, it should be long. nonact. TEMŌ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 223.