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tzopelilia.

Headword: 
tzopelilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to sweeten something (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tsopeːliliɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

tzopelilia. nitla. (pret. onitlatzopelili.) endulcecer algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 153v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TZOPĒLILIĀ applic. TZOPĒLIĀ

TZOPĒLIĀ vt to sweeten something / lo endulza (T) This contrast with intransitive TZOPĒLIY(A) ‘to become sweet.’
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 318.