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tlehuaqui.

Headword: 
tlehuaqui.
Principal English Translation: 

to toast or broil over a fire (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlehuāqui
IPAspelling: 
tɬewɑːki
Frances Karttunen: 

TLEHUĀQU(I) pret: TLEHUĀC to toast or broil over a fire / tostarse, asarse (K) [(3)Cf.92v, (1)Tp.239, (3)Xp.96]. T has the reflex of a short vowel in the second syllable, despite having the reflex of a long vowel in the corresponding syllable of TLEHUĀCQUI. C marks the vowel long. See TLE-TL, HUĀQU(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 307.

themes: 
Fire, Tobacco, Incense
Food, Eating, Cooking