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chachalatza.

Headword: 
chachalatza.
Principal English Translation: 

to cause a chattering noise (see Karttunen) (an onomatopoetic word)

IPAspelling: 
tʃɑtʃɑlɑtsɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

CHACHALATZ(A) vt to cause a chattering noise / se dice del que causa este ruido (C for CHACHALACA) [(1)Cf.73v]. See CHALĀN(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 44.

themes: 
Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)