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tlaltataca.

Headword: 
tlaltataca.
Principal English Translation: 

to scratch, score, dig the earth (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlāltataca
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːltɑtɑkɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

TLĀLTATACA to scratch, score, dig the earth / rasca la tierra, escarba la tierra, cava la tierra (T) [(4)Tp.240]. M has tlaltatactli ‘earth dug up for making adobe.’ See TLĀL-LI, TATACA.

TLĀLTATAQUILIĀ applic. TLĀLTATACA.

TLĀLTATACALŌ altern. nonact. TLĀLTATACA.

TLĀLTATACŌ altern. nonact. TLĀLTATACA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 277.