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tlaxonepalhuia.

Headword: 
tlaxonepalhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to braid one’s hair; to braid someone’s hair (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlaxonēpalhuiā
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑʃoneːpɑlwiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAXONĒPALHUIĀ vrefl,vt to braid one’s hair; to braid someone’s hair / se hace trenzas (T), le hace sus trenzas (T) [(6) Tp.160,210]. See TLAXONĒPAL-LI,-HUIĀ.

TLAXONĒPALHUILIĀ applic. TLAXONĒPALHUIĀ.

TLAXONĒPALHUĪLŌ nonact. TLAXONĒPALHUIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 304.