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tlamamacahuilia.

Headword: 
tlamamacahuilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to fall because one has lost one’s grip on a support (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlamahmācāhuiliā
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑmɑhmɑːkɑːwiliɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAMAHMĀCĀHUILIĀ vrefl to fall because one has lost one’s grip on a support / pierde equilibrio (por no haberse cogido bien con la mano y cae) (T) [(3)Tp.159]. See MĀ(I)-TL, CĀHU(A).

TLAMAHMĀCĀHUILĪLŌ nonact. TLAMAHMĀCĀHUILIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 279.