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atiya.

Headword: 
atiya.
Principal English Translation: 

to melt, to be smelted (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ātiya
IPAspelling: 
ɑːtiyɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

ĀTIY(A) pret: ĀTIYAC~ĀTĪX to melt, to be smelted / derretirse o regalarse algo, o pararse ralo lo espeso, o alegrarse mucho (M) This has the vowel length alternation in the preterit characteristic of verbs in IY(A). See Ā-TL.

ĀTILIĀ applic. ĀTIY(A)
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 13.

IDIEZ morfema: 
ātiya.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
to melt.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
Acetl, cerah zo chiyactli eli atic quemman totoniya. “Maria nochipa quitlalia pan tlitl imantecah para ma atiya pampa quinequi quitequiliz itlacual. ”
IDIEZ def. español: 
A. Algo se pone o se vuelve agua. “El granizo se derrite cuando hace calor”.
IDIEZ morfología: 
ātl, ti1, ya1.
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlach2.
themes: 
Metals, Mining
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