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tlahuelahua.

Headword: 
tlahuelahua.
Principal English Translation: 

to scold, chide someone angrily (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahuēlahhua
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑweːlɑhwɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAHUĒLAHHUA vt to scold, chide someone angrily / lo reprende con enojo (T) [(3)Tp.206]. See TLAHUĒL-LI, AHHUA.

TLAHUĒLAHHUILIĀ applic. TLAHUĒLAHHUA.

TLAHUĒLAHHUALŌ nonact. TLAHUĒLAHHUA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 268.