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xiotia.

Headword: 
xiotia.
Principal English Translation: 

to follow the example of others (a metaphor); or, to put the warp for cloth on the loom (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

xiotia. nino. (pret. oninoxioti.) tomar exemplo de otros. metaphora o poner las prunideras alatela.
xiotia. nitla. (pret. onitlaxioti.) vrdir, o enlizar tela.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 159r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Metaphors, Proverbs, Riddles