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tlamama.

Headword: 
tlamama.
Principal English Translation: 

to carry something, or to bear fruit (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlamamah
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑmɑːmɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAMĀMĀ pret: TLAMĀMAH to bear fruit / carga, se da fruta (T) [(1)Tp.232]. With the prefix TLA- fused, this has the specialized sense ‘to bear fruit.’ Otherwise, TLA-MĀMĀ has the literal sense ‘to bear something.’ See MĀMĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 280.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Transportation, Travel
See also: 
mama.
tlamamalli.