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toquiltia.

Headword: 
toquiltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to sow something for someone (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tōquiltiā
IPAspelling: 
toːkiltiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TŌQUILTIĀ vt to sow something for someone / se lo siembra (T) [(3)Tp.213]. The vowel of the second syllable of this should be short by general rule but is attested long in T. caus. TŌCA.

TŌQUILTILIĀ applic. TŌQUILTIĀ.

TŌQUILTĪLŌ nonact. TŌQUILTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 247.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising