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tlatlacolcahua.

Headword: 
tlatlacolcahua.
Principal English Translation: 

to forsake one’s sins (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtlacōlcāhua
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑhtɬɑkoːlkɑːwɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAHTLACŌLCĀHU(A) to forsake one’s sins / dejares tus pecados (C for second pers.sg.subject) [(1)Cf.59v]. M has tlatlacolcaualtia, the causative of this verb. See TLAHTLACŌL-LI, CĀHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 263.

themes: 
Religion (Christian)