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tzintlalia.

Headword: 
tzintlalia.
Principal English Translation: 

to sit on one’s haunches (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tzīntlāliā
IPAspelling: 
tsiːntɬɑːliɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TZĪNTLĀLIĀ vrefl to sit on one’s haunches / se sienta en cuclillas (Z) [(2)Zp.114,174]. See TZĪN-TLI, TLĀLIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 314.