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cochitia.

Headword: 
cochitia.
Principal English Translation: 

to put someone up for the night; to put someone to sleep (see Karttunen and Molina)

IPAspelling: 
kotʃiːtiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

cochitia. nite. (pret. onitecochiti.) dar posada a otro aluergandolo, o hazer dormir a alguno.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 23r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

COCHĪTIĀ vt to put someone up for the night; to put someone to sleep / dar posada a otro albergándolo, o hacer dormir a alguno (M) altern. caus. COCH(I). COCHĪTILIĀ applic. COCHĪTIĀ COCHĪTĪLŌ nonact. COCHĪTIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 37.