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tlapahuia.

Headword: 
tlapahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to become intoxicated (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlāpāhuiā
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːpɑːwiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TLĀPĀHUIĀ vrefl to become intoxicated / se emborrachó (C for preterit ) [(1)Cf.60v]. This is conventionally paired with MĪXĪHUIĀ, the whole phrase meaning ‘to become intoxicated.’ See TLĀPĀ-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 288.