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achtopahuia.

Headword: 
achtopahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to take the lead in some matter (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
achtopahuiā
IPAspelling: 
ɑtʃtopɑwiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

ACHTOPAHUIĀ vt to take the lead in some matter / guiar en alguna cosa o ser el primero en hacerla (R) [(1)Rp.48]. See ACHTOPA, -HUIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 3.