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tlayi.

Headword: 
tlayi.
Principal English Translation: 

to break ground for planting (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlāyi
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːyi
Frances Karttunen: 

TLĀY(I) to break ground for planting / labrar la tierra para sembrarla (M) [(2)Zp.18,207]. This is attested as an element of the synonymous compound TLAĪXTLĀY(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 305.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising