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ihicoltia.

Headword: 
ihicoltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to be arbitrary, tyrannical; to entice and then disappoint someone (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ihicōltiā
IPAspelling: 
ihikoːltiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

IHICŌLTIĀ vrefl,vt to be arbitrary, tyrannical; to entice and then disappoint someone / tiranizar (M), se lo muestra, se lo enseña para que lo quiera y después no se lo da (T) [(3)Tp.187]. redup. ĪCŌLTIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 97.