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tlapehua.

Headword: 
tlapehua.
Principal English Translation: 

to plow land (by driving a draft animal) (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlapēhua
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑpeːwɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAPĒHU(A) to plow land (by driving a draft animal) / arrea, ara (T) [(3)Tp.234]. See PĒHU(A).

TLAPĒHUILIĀ applic. TLAPĒHU(A).

TLAPĒHUALŌ nonact. TLAPĒHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 291.

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Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising