to give some of one's estate to another person (see Molina)
IPAspelling:
kotoːniɑ
Alonso de Molina:
cotonia. nic. (pret. oniccotoni.) dar parte de su hazienda a otro. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 24v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.