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tlamachiya.

Headword: 
tlamachiya.
Principal English Translation: 

to wait (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlamāchiya
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑmɑːtʃiyɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAMĀCHIY(A) pret: TLAMĀCHIX ~ TLAMĀCHĪX to wait / espera (T) [(3)Tp.232]. The long-vowel preterit form is not directly attested for this but is for the constituent element CHIY(A). See CHIY(A).

TLAMĀCHĪLIĀ applic. TLAMĀCHIY(A).

TLAMĀCHIYALŌ nonact. TLAMĀCHIY(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 278.