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tzoncoztilia.

Headword: 
tzoncoztilia.
Principal English Translation: 

for one's hair to become blond (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tzoncuztilia
Alonso de Molina: 

tzoncuztilia. nino. (pret. oninotzoncuztili.) enruuiarse los cabellos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 153r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.