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toponia.

Headword: 
toponia.
Principal English Translation: 

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.

themes: 
Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)
Weapons, Shields, Heraldry