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totomilia.

Headword: 
totomilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to loosen, unfasten something for someone, to remove a baby's diaper or swaddling clothes (see Molina and Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
tohtomiliɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

totomilia. nitetla. (pret. onitetlatotomili.) desabrochar a otro o desemboluer la criatura.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 150v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TOHTOMILIĀ vt to loosen, unfasten something for someone, to remove a baby's diaper or swaddling clothes / desabrochar a otro o desenvolver la criatura (M), se lo desata, se lo suelta (T) [(3)Tp.212]. This also appears in P with the glottal stop marked. applic. TOHTOM(A).

TOHTOMILILIĀ applic. TOHTOMILIĀ.

TOHTOMILĪLŌ nonact. TOHTOMILIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 244.

themes: 
Children, Childhood, Adolescence
Textiles, Clothing