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tlaoltzetzeloa.

Headword: 
tlaoltzetzeloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to separate bran from maize kernels (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlaōltzetzeloā
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑoːltsetseloɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAŌLTZETZELOĀ to separate bran from maize kernels / sacude maíz (T) [(3)Tp.237]. See TLAŌL-LI, TZETZELOĀ.

TLAŌLTZETZELHUIĀ applic. TLAŌLTZETZELOĀ

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

themes: 
Corn, Maize