to torment, mistreat someone, to make someone suffer (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
tlahyōhuiltiā
IPAspelling:
tɬɑhyoːwiltiɑː
Frances Karttunen:
TLAHYŌHUILTIĀ vt to torment, mistreat someone, to make someone suffer / atormentar y fatigar a otro (M for tlayhiouiltia), le tormenta, le maltrata, le angustia (Z) [(3)Zp.10,80]. caus. TLAHYŌHUIĀ. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 271.