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tlaolcohuia.

Headword: 
tlaolcohuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to buy maize for oneself (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlaōlcōhuiā
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑoːlkoːwiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAŌLCŌHUIĀ vrefl to buy maize for oneself / se compra maíz (T) [(3)Tp.160]. See TLAŌLCŌHU(A).

TLAŌLCŌHUĪLŌ nonact. TLAŌLCŌHUIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 287.

themes: 
Corn, Maize
Markets, Commerce, Economy