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tlayohuiltia.

Headword: 
tlayohuiltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to torment, mistreat someone, to make someone suffer (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahyōhuiltiā
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑhyoːwiltiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAHYŌHUILTIĀ vt to torment, mistreat someone, to make someone suffer / atormentar y fatigar a otro (M for tlayhiouiltia), le tormenta, le maltrata, le angustia (Z) [(3)Zp.10,80]. caus. TLAHYŌHUIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 271.

themes: 
Emotions