to make a thunderous noise, to discharge a firearm, to make an explosive sound (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
topōniā
IPAspelling:
topoːniɑː
Frances Karttunen:
TOPŌNIĀ vt to make a thunderous noise, to discharge a firearm, to make an explosive sound / truena (el cielo), truena la boca al comer cosa dura, truena el pollito saliendo del huevo (T), lo truena comiéndolo (T)[(6)Tp.212,237,(4)Zp.122,125,216]. See TOPŌN(I).
TOPŌNILIĀ applic. TOPŌNIĀ.
TOPŌNĪLŌ nonact. TOPŌNIĀ. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 247.