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petlahuilia.

Headword: 
petlahuilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to undress someone, to uncover something for someone (See Karttunen); or, to prepare soil for planting (clearing it and breaking up the dirt clods) (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
petlāhuiliā
IPAspelling: 
petɬɑːwiliɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

PETLĀHUILIĀ vt to undress someone, to uncover something for someone / se lo descubre (T) [(4)Tp.196]. applic. PETLĀHU(A).

PETLĀHUILILIĀ applic. PETLĀHUILIĀ.

PETLĀHUILĪLŌ nonact. PETLĀHUILIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 192.

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