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pepetlatza.

Headword: 
pepetlatza.
Principal English Translation: 

to sprinkle, to scatter water (See Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
pepetɬɑtsɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

PEPETLATZ(A) vt to sprinkle, to scatter water / riega agua (T) [(3)Tp.196]. This should share with PEPETLACA and PETLĀN(I) the sense of 'to shimmer, to reflect light.'

PEPETLACHILIĀ applic. PEPETLATZ(A).

PEPETLATZALŌ nonact. PEPETLATZ(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 191.

themes: 
Water