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motlaloa.

Headword: 
motlaloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to run, speaking of people running or water, for example (contemporary Eastern Huastecan Nahuatl vocabulary, IDIEZ) -- see attestations

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents motlaloa in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

“Manuel tiene sed por eso vino corriendo”. = "Manuel amiqui pampa tlahuel motlaloh."
From our IDIEZ entry for āmiqui.

Una persona corta un poco la tierra en otro lugar para donde él quera que vaya el agua o lo voltea para que corra en otro lado. = Macehualli tlaltequi quentzin cehcoyoc para campa quinequi ma motlalo atl.
From our IDIEZ entry for āohtiā1.

“Cuando estoy llena de agua no puedo correr.” = “Quemman niatemitoc axhueli nimotlaloa.”
From our IDIEZ entry for atemi.