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tlanempolhuilia.

Headword: 
tlanempolhuilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to ruin things for someone (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlanēmpolhuiliā
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑneːmpolwiliɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TLANĒMPOLHUILIĀ vt to ruin things for someone / se lo echa a perder (T) [(3)Tp.209]. See NĒMPOLOĀ.

TLANĒMPOLHUILILIĀ applic. TLANĒMPOLHUILIĀ.

TLANĒMPOLHUILĪLŌ nonact. TLANĒMPOLHUILIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 285.