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piyaltia.

Headword: 
piyaltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to entrust oneself to someone; to deposit something with someone for safekeeping (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
piyaltiā
IPAspelling: 
piyɑltiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

PIYALTIĀ vrefl,vt to entrust oneself to someone; to deposit something with someone for safekeeping / encomendarme a otro o fiar mi persona del que pienso que me aprovechará (M for first pers. sg. subject), depositar o dar guardar algo a otro (M) [(3)Tp.197]. caus. PIY(A).

PIYALTILIĀ applic. PIYALTIĀ.

PIYALTĪLŌ nonact. PIYALTIĀ.

PIYELTIĀ See PIYALTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 199.