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huetzquiltia.

Headword: 
huetzquiltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to make someone laugh (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
huetzquīltiā
IPAspelling: 
wetskiːltiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

HUETZQUĪLTIĀ vt to make someone laugh / le hace reír (T) [(3)Tp.178]. T has a long vowel in the second syllable where a short one is to be expected. altern. caus. HUETZCA.

HUETZQUĪLTILIĀ applic. HUETZQUĪLTIĀ.

HUETZQUĪLTĪLŌ nonact. HUETZQUĪLTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 87.

themes: 
Humor