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xochiyotia.

Headword: 
xochiyotia.
Principal English Translation: 

to decorate something with flowers (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xōchiyōtiā
IPAspelling: 
ʃoːtʃiyoːtiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

XŌCHIYŌTIĀ vt to decorate something with flowers / enrosar o adornar algo con flores (M) caus. XŌCHIYOĀ.

XŌCHIYŌTILIĀ applic. XŌCHIYŌTIĀ.

XŌCHIYŌTĪLŌ nonact. XŌCHIYŌTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 329.

themes: 
Flowers
Plants, Trees, Flora