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tlalnelhuia.

Headword: 
tlalnelhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to mix something together with dirt for someone (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlālnelhuiā
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːlnelwiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TLĀLNELHUIĀ vt to mix something together with dirt for someone / se lo revuelca con tierra (T) [(1)Tp.211]. applic. TLĀLNELOĀ.

TLĀLNELHUILIĀ applic. TLĀLNELHUIĀ.

TLĀLNELHUĪLŌ nonact. TLĀLNELHUIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 275.