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tonallalia.

Headword: 
tonallalia.
Principal English Translation: 

to put something in the shade (see Krattunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tōnallāliā
IPAspelling: 
toːnɑllɑːliɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TŌNALLĀLIĀ vt to put something in the shade / le pone la sombra (T) [(4)Tp.213,237]. See TŌNAL-LI, TLĀLIĀ.

TŌNALLĀLILIÁ applic. TŌNALLĀLIĀ.

TŌNALLĀLĪLŌ nonact. TŌNALLĀLIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 246.