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iztalehui.

Headword: 
iztalehui.
Principal English Translation: 

to turn pale (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
iztalēhui
IPAspelling: 
istɑleːwi
Frances Karttunen: 

IZTALĒHU(I) to turn pale / se pone pálido, anémico, está descolorido (T) [(3)Tp. 133]. This appears to be synonymous with C’s and M’s IZTALĒHU(A). See IZTA-TL, -ĒHU(I).

IZTALĒHUĪHUA nonact. IZTALĒHU(I)

IZTALĒHUĪTIĀ caus. IZTALĒHU(I)
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 124.