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ilpichia.

Headword: 
ilpichia.
Principal English Translation: 

to inflate something with water (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ilpīchiā
IPAspelling: 
ilpiːtʃiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

(I)LPĪCHIĀ vt to inflate something with water / lo resopla con agua (T) [(3)Tp.I 17]. See (I)LPĪTZ(A).

(I)LPĪCHĪLO nonact. (I)LPĪCHIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 105.

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