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patiyohua.

Headword: 
patiyohua.
Principal English Translation: 

to rise in price, to be expensive (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
patiyōhua
IPAspelling: 
pɑtiyoːwɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

PATIYŌHUA to rise in price, to be expensive / costar o valer tanto, o cosa que tiene precio (M), se encarece, sube el precio (T) [(1)Tp.173). See PATIUH-TLI, PATIYOHTIYA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 189.

themes: 
Markets, Commerce, Economy
Money, Coins, Wealth