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contlilhuia.

Headword: 
contlilhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to take soot from a pot and put it on another person (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
koːntɬiːlwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

contlihuia. [sic] nite. (pret. onitecontlilhui.) tiznar aotro con tizne de ollas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 24v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

contlilhuia. nino. (pret. oninocontlilhui.) tiznarse con aquel tizne.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 24v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.