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temolia.

Headword: 
temolia.
Principal English Translation: 

to seek something for someone, or to make inquiry of someone (see Karttunen and Molina)

IPAspelling: 
teːmoliɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

temolia. nitetla. (pret. onitetlatemoli.) buscar algo para otro, o hazer inquisicion de vida agena.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 97v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TĒMOLIĀ vt to seek something for someone, or to make inquiry of someone / buscar algo para otro, o hacer inquisición de vida ajena (M) applic. TĒMOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 223.