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tlapachihuazmatlahuia.

Headword: 
tlapachihuazmatlahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to hunt something with a net that closes around and takes in the animal that has been caught (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlapachiuazmatlauia
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑpɑtʃiwɑsmɑtɬɑwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tlapachiuazmatlauia. nitla. (pret. ontilatlapachiuazmatlaui.) cazar algo con red que se cierra y toma dentro la caza.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 130v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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