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tlaltemia.

Headword: 
tlaltemia.
Principal English Translation: 

to fill something in with dirt (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlāltēmiā
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːlteːmiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TLĀLTĒMIĀ vt to fill something in with dirt / le echa tierra (T) [(3)Tp.211]. See TLĀL-LI, TĒMIĀ.

TLĀLTĒMĪLŌ nonact. TLĀLTĒMIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 277.