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tlapopohua.

Headword: 
tlapopohua.
Principal English Translation: 

to clean, clear ground, mow (see karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlapohpōhua
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑpohpoːwɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAPOHPŌHU(A) to clean, clear ground, mow / limpia, roza, siega (T) [(3)Tp.235, (3)Xp.93]. X lacks the internal glottal stop. See POHPŌHU(A).

TLAPOHPŌHUILIĀ applic. TLAPOHPŌHU(A).

TLAPOHPŌHUALŌ nonact. TLAPOHPŌHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 292.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Attested in modern Eastern Huastecan Nahuatl as tlapohpohua.

themes: 
Cleanliness, Orderliness (or lack of)