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tempehualtia.

Headword: 
tempehualtia.
Principal English Translation: 

to incite someone to speak (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tēmpēhualtiā
IPAspelling: 
teːmpeːwɑltiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TĒMPĒHUALTIĀ vt to incite someone to speak / lo provoca a hablar (Z) [(2)Zp.103,197]. See TĒN-TLI, PĒHUALTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 224.

themes: 
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition