Assertion: chihuahua | /r/CapableOf | start out as foodstuff
Facets:
value: for them
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The Aztecs certainly did like this little dog: while it is rumored that the chihuahua started out as a foodstuff for them, the small canine eventually came to be regarded as a spiritual guide that would help a dead Aztec make his way in the afterlife, with part of that process involving the animal’s absorbing the sins of the person who’d died.