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callalia.

Headword: 
callalia.
Principal English Translation: 

to turn the house into a jail; or, to fire a servant (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
kɑllɑːliɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

callalia. nite. (pret. onitecallali.) dar la casa por carcel, o despedir de casa al criado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 11v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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