to cause something to swell; to suffocate (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
zōnēhualtiā
IPAspelling:
soːneːwɑltiɑː
Frances Karttunen:
ZŌNĒHUALTIĀ vt to cause something to swell; to suffocate / lo esponja (T), sofoca (Z) [(3)Tp.202, (2)Zp.116,214]. caus. ZŌNĒHU(A). Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 348.