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iltzomia.

Headword: 
iltzomia.
Principal English Translation: 

to blow one’s nose (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
iltzōmiā
IPAspelling: 
iltsoːmiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

(I)LTZŌMIĀ vrefl to blow one’s nose / se suena (la naríz) (T) [(3)Tp.150]. See IHTZŌMIĀ.

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

themes: 
Cleanliness, Orderliness (or lack of)
Health, Sickness, Wellness, Medicine