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cototztlalia.

Headword: 
cototztlalia.
Principal English Translation: 

to get on one's knees, to curl up, to crouch (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
kototstɬɑːliɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

cototztlalia. nino. (pret. oninocototztlali.) ponerse de coclillas, encogerse o encaramarse.
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.

Frances Karttunen: 

COTOTZTLĀLIĀ vrefl, to squat down / ponerse de cuclillas, encogerse o encaramarse (M),[(3)Tp.146]. This is related by metathesis to synonymous TOCOTZTLĀLIĀ. See COTOTZOĀ, TLĀLIĀ. COTOTZTLĀLĪLŌ nonact. COTOTZTLĀLIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 42.