to swell, for a raised swelling to form (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
xocatetlāliā
IPAspelling:
ʃokɑtetɬɑːliɑː
Frances Karttunen:
XOCATETLĀLIĀ vrefl to swell, for a raised swelling to form / se hincha (en forma de bola - como el piquete de abeja) (T) [(1)Tp.163]. Despite the different vowel in the second syllable, this may be related to XOCOTETIC ‘something with a round shape.’ See TLĀLIĀ. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 328.