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yaotlatoa.

Headword: 
yaotlatoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to warn others to be ready for war (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
yaotlahtoa
IPAspelling: 
jɑːoːtɬɑhtoɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

yaotlatoa. ni. (pret. oniyaotlato.) apercebir para la guerra.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 31r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition
War, Conflict