to scatter or sprinkle something (see Molina and Karttunen)
IPAspelling:
petɬɑːniɑː
Alonso de Molina:
petlania. nitla. (pret. onitlapetlani.) derramar cosa liquida, o acecalar y luzir algo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 81r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.
Frances Karttunen:
PETLĀNIĀ to scatter or sprinkle something / derramar cosa líquida o acicalar y lucir algo (M), lo tira, lo riega (T) [(3)Tp.196]. See PETLĀN(I).
PETLĀNILIĀ applic. PETLĀNIĀ.
PETLĀNĪLŌ nonact. PETLĀNIĀ. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 192.