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tzinyahualtia.

Headword: 
tzinyahualtia.
Principal English Translation: 

to encircle the base of something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tzīnyahualtiā
IPAspelling: 
tsiːnyɑwɑltiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TZĪNYAHUALTIĀ vt to encircle the base of something / lo pone alrededor de la base de una cosa (T) [(3)Tp.214]. T characteristically has YE for YA. See TZĪN-TLI, YAHUALTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 314.