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petztoloa.

Headword: 
petztoloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to swallow something soft, slippery (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
petztoloā
IPAspelling: 
petstoloɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

PETZTOLOĀ vt to swallow something soft, slippery / lo traga (cosa lisa) (T) [(3)Tp.197, (2)Zp.124,192]. See PETZOĀ, TOLOĀ.

PETZTOLHUIĀ applic. PETZTOLOĀ.

PETZTOLŌLŌ nonact. PETZTOLOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 193.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)