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huepolhuia.

Headword: 
huepolhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to be in love with one’s brother-in-law (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
huehpōlhuiā
IPAspelling: 
wehpoːlwiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

HUEHPŌLHUIĀ vrefl to be in love with one’s brother-in-law / tiene a su cuñado por querido (T) [(3)Tp.144]. See HUEHPŌL-LI,-HUIĀ.

HUEHPŌLHUĪLŌ nonact. HUEHPŌLHUIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 84.

themes: 
Emotions