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tlaocuechoa.

Headword: 
tlaocuechoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to grind maize (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlaōcuēchoā
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑoːkweːtʃoɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAŌCUĒCHOĀ to grind maize / moler (maíz, chile, etc.) (X) [(3)Xp.95]. Although the literal meaning of this is ‘to grind maize,’ X apparently has generalized it to the grinding of other things as well. See TLAŌL-LI, CUĒCHOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 287.

themes: 
Corn, Maize