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tlacuamana.

Headword: 
tlacuamana.
Principal English Translation: 

to lie, deceive (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlacuāmana
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑkwɑːmɑnɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

TLACUĀMAN(A) to lie, deceive / engaña, miente (T)[(4)Tp.229]. Here the prefix TLA- appears to have fused with the stem, converting it into an intransitive verb. See CUĀMAN(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 257.