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tlaichana.

Headword: 
tlaichana.
Principal English Translation: 

to draw fiber from maguey (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlaīchāna
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑiːtʃɑːnɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAĪCHĀN(A) to draw fiber from maguey / saca ixcle del maguey (T) [(3)Tp.230]. See ĪCH-TLI, ĀN(A).

TLAĪCHĀNILIĀ applic. TLAĪCHĀN(A).

TLAĪCHĀNALŌ nonact. TLAĪCHĀN(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 272.