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tempopoloa.

Headword: 
tempopoloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to dull, blunt something (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tēmpohpoloā
IPAspelling: 
teːmpohpoloɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TĒMPOHPOLOĀ vt to dull, blunt something / lo embota, lo desafila (T) [(3)Tp.205]. See TĒN-TLI, POHPOLOĀ.

TĒMPOHPOLHUIĀ applic. TĒMPOHPOLOĀ.

TĒMPOHPOLŌLŌ nonact. TĒMPOHPOLOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 224.