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chieltia.

Headword: 
chieltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to guard or to await fearlessly for the enemy (when in the reflexive) (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

chieltia. nicno. (pret. onicnochielti.) aguardar o esperar sin temor al enemigo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 20v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
War, Conflict