Search Issues: Update 2026-09-16 - Repairs to some of our search pages are ongoing. Thank you for your continued patience!

Meanwhile, elements of the Advanced Search are working and the Alphabetical Listings are working, too.

tlaolcohua.

Headword: 
tlaolcohua.
Principal English Translation: 

to buy maize (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlaōlcōhua
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑoːlkoːwɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAŌLCŌHU(A) to buy maize / compra maíz (T) [(3)Tp.237]. See TLAŌL-LI, CŌHU(A).

TLAŌLCŌHUILIĀ applic. TLAŌLCŌHU(A).

TLAŌLCŌHUALŌ nonact. TLAŌLCŌHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 287.

themes: 
Corn, Maize
Markets, Commerce, Economy