tlahuelahua. | Nahuatl Dictionary

Headword:

tlahuelahua.

Principal English Translation:

to scold, chide someone angrily (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants:

tlahuēlahhua

IPAspelling:

tɬɑweːlɑhwɑ

Frances Karttunen:

TLAHUĒLAHHUA vt to scold, chide someone angrily / lo reprende con enojo (T) [(3)Tp.206]. See TLAHUĒL-LI, AHHUA.

TLAHUĒLAHHUILIĀ applic. TLAHUĒLAHHUA.

TLAHUĒLAHHUALŌ nonact. TLAHUĒLAHHUA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 268.