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yectlatoa.

Headword: 
yectlatoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to speak clearly (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
yēctlahtoā
IPAspelling: 
yeːktɬɑhtoɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

YĒCTLAHTOĀ to speak clearly / habla claramente (Z) [(2)Zp.28,231]. See YĒC-TLI, TLAHTOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 337.

themes: 
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition