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cuauhtlapana.

Headword: 
cuauhtlapana.
Principal English Translation: 

to split kindling wood (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhtlapāna
IPAspelling: 
kwɑwtɬɑpɑːnɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

CUAUHTLAPĀN(A) to split kindling wood / raja madero (M), raja leña (T) See CUAHU(I)-TL, TLAPĀN(A).

CUAUHTLAPĀNILIĀ applic. CUAUHTLAPĀN(A)

CUAUHTLAPĀNALŌ nonact. CUAUHTLAPĀN(A)
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 64.

themes: 
Wood, wooden material