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tonalhuia.

Headword: 
tonalhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

for grains (such as maize) to dry up for lack of water (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
toːnɑlwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tonalhuia mo. (pret. omotonalhui.) secarse las miesses, por falta de agua.
tonalhuia. nitla. (pret. onitlatonalhui.) assolear algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 149r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

abochornarse las miesses [como maíces], o secarse por falta de agua. tonalhuaqui. mo, tonalhuia. pocheua.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1v.

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