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Headword:

cuentlalia.

Principal English Translation:

to become furrowed (reflexive); or, to plow, turn up furrows (transitive) (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants:

cuentlāliā

IPAspelling:

kwentɬɑːliɑː

Frances Karttunen:

CUENTLĀLIĀ vrefl,vt to become furrowed; to plow, turn up furrows / se surca (T), lo surca (T) [(4)Tp.147,182]. See CUEM(I)-TL, TLĀLIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 69.

themes:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising