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yahualtia.

Headword: 
yahualtia.
Principal English Translation: 

to put something around something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
yahualtiā
IPAspelling: 
yɑwɑltiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

YAHUALTIĀ vt to put something around something / lo pone alrededor de la base de una cosa (T for TZĪNYAHUALTIĀ) [(3)Tp.214] T has YE for YA. See YAHUALOĀ.

YAHUALTILIĀ applic. YAHUALTIĀ.

YAHUALTĪLŌ nonact. YAHUALTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 334.