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tlanchoa.

Headword: 
tlanchoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to chew, to masticate (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlanchoā
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑntʃoɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TLANCHOĀ vrefl to chew, to masticate / remuele con los dientes (una cosa), masca (T) [(3)Tp.160]. See TLAN-TLI.

TLANCHŌLŌ nonact. TLANCHOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 284.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking