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pilahuiltia.

Headword: 
pilahuiltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to look after children, to play with a child (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
pilāhuiltiā
IPAspelling: 
pilɑːwiltiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

PILĀHUILTIĀ to look after children, to play with a child / hace por cuidar a las criaturas, juega con el niño (T) [(3)Tp.174J. See -PIL, ĀHUILTIĀ.

PILĀHUILTILIĀ applic. PILĀHUILTIĀ.

PILĀHUILTĪLŌ nonact. PILĀHUILTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 194.

themes: 
Children, Childhood, Adolescence