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pahuaxiltia.

Headword: 
pahuaxiltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to cause someone to cook something

Orthographic Variants: 
pāhuaxīltiā
IPAspelling: 
pɑːwɑʃiːltiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

PĀHUAXĪLTIĀ By general rule the vowel of the third syllable should be short but is attested long in C. It is unmarked for length in R. caus. PĀHUAC(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 185.

Attestations from sources in English: 

elopahuaxtli = corn stew, or a bowl of corn stew (central Mexico, 1634)
Bartolomé de Alva, A Guide to Confession Large and Small in the Mexican Language, 1634, eds. Barry D. Sell and John Frederick Schwaller, with Lu Ann Homza (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 11.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking