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elpetlahua.

Headword: 
elpetlahua.
Principal English Translation: 

to uncover one's breasts; uncover the breasts of another.(see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
elpetlaua
IPAspelling: 
eːlpetɬɑːwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

elpetlaua. nin. (pret. oninelpetlauh.) lo mesmo es elpampetlaua.
elpetlaua. nite. (pret. oniteelpetlauh.) descubrir los pechos a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 28v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Sexuality, Fertility, Reproduction