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ihiyotema.

Headword: 
ihiyotema.
Principal English Translation: 

to inflate, to fill up with air; to inflate something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ihīyōtēma
IPAspelling: 
ihiːyoːteːmɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

IHĪYŌTĒM(A) vrefl,vt; pret: -TĒN to inflate, to fill up with air; to inflate something / infla, se llena se aire (T), henchir algo con viento (M) [(4)Tp.142,188]. See IHĪYŌ-TL, TĒM(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 98.