Search Issues: Update 2026-09-16 - Repairs to some of our search pages are ongoing. Thank you for your continued patience!

Meanwhile, elements of the Advanced Search are working and the Alphabetical Listings are working, too.

chielia.

Headword: 
chielia.
Principal English Translation: 

to take care of another person with a refreshment or something else; or to guard or save something for when that person returns (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
chiyaltia
Alonso de Molina: 

Chielia. nic. aguardar a otro con refresco o con otra cosa, o guardarle algo para quando venga. Pre. onicchieli.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua mexicana y castellana, 1571, (www.idiez.org.mx), f. 20v.

Chieltia. nic. idem. Pre. onicchielti.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua mexicana y castellana, 1571, (www.idiez.org.mx), f. 20v.
Chiyaltia. nic. lo mismo es que chielia. Preterit. onicchiyalti.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua mexicana y castellana, 1571, (www.idiez.org.mx), f. 20v.