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nelchihuilia.

Headword: 
nelchihuilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to demand something, to insist on something, to struggle for something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
nelchīhuiliā
IPAspelling: 
neltʃiːwiliɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

NELCHĪHUILIĀ vt to demand something, to insist on something, to struggle for something / lo exige, insiste, lucha (T) [(3)Tp.193|. applic. NELCHĪHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 163.