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iyalilia.

Headword: 
iyalilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to let something turn foul, rotten (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ihyāliliā
IPAspelling: 
ihyɑːliliɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

(I)HYĀLILIĀ vt to let something turn foul, rotten / lo hace que apeste (la carne, etc., por no atenderla luego (T) [(3)Tp.188]. See (I)HYĀYA.

(I)HYĀLILILIĀ applic. (I)HYĀLILIĀ

(I)HYĀLILĪLŌ nonact. (I)HYĀLILIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 102.