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ilochtia.

Headword: 
ilochtia.
Principal English Translation: 

to turn something, someone back, to set back a clock, to revoke a sentence, to sell something at a loss (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
īlōchtiā
IPAspelling: 
iːloːtʃtiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

ilochtia. nite. (pret. oniteilochti.) tornar a otro, desde donde le auia ydo a acompañar.
ilochtia. nitla. (pret. onitlailochti.) achicar o acortar algo.
ilochtia. niqu. (pret. oniquilochti.) tornar atras el relox, o tornar a embiar algo al que me lo embio, o mudar o reuocar la sentencia que se auia dado, o vender algo por menos delo que vale.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 37v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

ĪLŌCHTIĀ vt to turn something, someone back, to set back a clock, to revoke a sentence, to sell something at a loss / tornar a otro, desde donde le había ido a acompañar (M), achicar o acortar algo (M), tornar atrás el reloj, o tornar a enviar algo al que me le envío, o mudar o revocar la sentencia que se había dado, o vender algo por menos de lo que vale (M) [(1)Bf.6v, (2)Cf.71v, (I)Rp.33]. See ĪLŌT(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 105.

Attestations from sources in English: 

From iloti = turn back
Robert Haskett and Stephanie Wood's notes from Nahuatl sessions with James Lockhart and subsequent research.

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