to make something wither, fade, fade away, fall away, dry up; or, to deprive of vigor (see Molina)
IPAspelling:
kwetɬɑlwiɑ
Alonso de Molina:
cuetlalhuia. nitla. (pret. onitlacuetlalhui.) marchitar algo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 26r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.