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cecemeltia.

Headword: 
cecemeltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to cheer up someone or give that person solace (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
seːsemeːltiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

cecemeltia. nite. (pret. onitececemelti.) recrear, o dar solaz a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 15r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

cecemeltia (verb ref.) = to rejoice, to feel glad Daniel Garrison Brinton, Ancient Nahuatl Poetry: Containing the Nahuatl Text of XXVII Ancient Mexican Poems (1887), 151.

themes: 
Emotions