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noncuatlalia.

Headword: 
noncuatlalia.
Principal English Translation: 

for something to be set apart; to set something apart, to make an exception of something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
nōncuahtlāliā
IPAspelling: 
noːnkwɑhtɬɑːliɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

NŌNCUAHTLĀLIĀ vrefl,vt for something to be set apart; to set something apart, to make an exception of something / se pone aparte (T), poner aparte por sí lo que se escoge, o sacar de regla general algo (M) [(1)Cf.94v,(3)Tp.154]. C also gives NŌNCUAH TLĀLIĀ as separate words with verbal prefixes attached to TLĀLIĀ alone. M gives this as synonymous with NŌNCUAHQUĪXTIĀ. See NŌNCUAH, TLĀLIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 174.