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eltlatlaci.

Headword: 
eltlatlaci.
Principal English Translation: 

to cough to attract attention (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ēltlatlaci
IPAspelling: 
eːltɬɑtɬɑsi
Frances Karttunen: 

ĒLTLATLAC(I) to cough to attract attention / tose a propósito para que le vea el otro (T) [(3)Tp.249]. See ĒL-LI, TLATLAC(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 78.