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tzalanhuia.

Headword: 
tzalanhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to cause trouble between others (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tzālanhuiā
IPAspelling: 
tsɑːlɑnwiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TZĀLANHUIĀ vt to cause trouble between others / lo entremete, lo revuelve (T) [(3)Tp.215]. T has lost the final N of the second syllable and has the reflex of a long vowel. C has the phrase tetzālan, tenepantlā tinemi ‘you spread tales among others’ (f.20v). See TZĀLAN-TLI, -HUIĀ.

TZĀLANHUILIĀ applic. TZĀLANHUIĀ.

TZĀLANHUĪLŌ nonact. TZĀLANHUIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 310.

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