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tomonia.

Headword: 
tomonia.
IPAspelling: 
tomoːniɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

tomonia. nitla. (pret. onitlatomoni.) hazer chichones.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 149r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TOMŌNIĀ vrefl,vt to break out in blisters, to feel nauseated; to raise bumps, bruises / se levantan ampollas en la mano (T for MĀXIXIHTOMŌNIĀ), quiere vomitar, tiene ganas de vomitar, tiene asco (T), hacer chichones (M) [(6)Tp.153,171]. See TOMŌN(I).

TOMŌNĪLŌ nonact. TOMŌNIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 245.