ilchina. | Nahuatl Dictionary

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Headword:

ilchina.

Principal English Translation:

to suck something up, to consume something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants:

ilchīna

IPAspelling:

iltʃiːnɑ

Frances Karttunen:

(I)LCHĪN(A) vt to suck something up, to consume something / lo chupa, lo consuma (T) [(3)Tp.188]. M has chichina ‘to suck something.’

(I)LCHĪNILIĀ applic. (I)LCHĪN(A)

(I)LCHĪNALŌ nonact. (I)LCHĪN(A)
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 103.