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tzoncueloa.

Headword: 
tzoncueloa.
Principal English Translation: 

for a snake or worm to coil (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tzoncuēloā
IPAspelling: 
tsonkweːloɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TZONCUĒLOĀ vrefl for a snake or worm to coil / (gusano, culebra) se tuerce (T) [(1)Tp.162]. See TZON-TLI, CUĒLOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 317.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Snakes, Serpents