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tlatlacualtia.

Headword: 
tlatlacualtia.
Principal English Translation: 

to graze, feed animals (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtlacualtiā
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑhtɬɑkwɑltiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAHTLACUALTIĀ to graze, feed animals / se apacienta a los animales, da de comer a los animales (T) [(3)Tp.231]. In this distributive form the fused prefix TLA- is reduplicated instead of the initial consonant and vowel of the verbs stem CUĀ. redup. TLACUALTIĀ.

TLAHTLACUALTILIĀ applic. TLAHTLACUALTIĀ.

TLAHTLACUALTĪLŌ nonact. TLAHTLACUALTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 263.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock raising
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.