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ixtlapachteca.

Headword: 
ixtlapachteca.
Principal English Translation: 

to turn something, someone upside down (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
īxtlahpachtēca
IPAspelling: 
iːʃtɬɑhpɑtʃteːkɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

ĪXTLAHPACHTĒCA vt. to turn something, someone upside down / lo pone boca abajo (T) [(3)Tp.218]. See ĪXTLAHPACH, TĒCA.

ĪXTLAHPACHTĒQUILIĀ applic. ĪXTLAHPACHTĒCA

ĪXTLAHPACHTĒCALŌ nonact. ĪXTLAHPACHTĒCA
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 120.