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oquichtlaicoltia.

Headword: 
oquichtlaicoltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to have lovers (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
oquichtlaīcōltiā
IPAspelling: 
okitʃtɬɑiːkoːltiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

OQUICHTLAĪCŌLTIĀ vrefl to have lovers / tiene queridos (T) [(3)Tp.156]. T has COL for CŌL here, but there should be the reflex of a long vowel. See OQUICH-TLI, ĪCŌLTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 180.

themes: 
Sexuality, Fertility, Reproduction