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coltia.

Headword: 
coltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to offer intoxicating drink to someone (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cōltiā
IPAspelling: 
koːltiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

CŌLTIĀ vt to offer intoxicating drink to someone / le ofrece cerveza, mezcal (T) [(3)Tp.183]. The literal sense of this is ‘to twist someone.’ See CŌL.

CŌLTILIĀ applic. CŌLTIĀ

CŌLTĪLŌ nonact. CŌLTIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 41.

themes: 
Alcohol, Hallucinogens
Beverages
Gifts, Offerings, Sacrificial Rites