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yolitia.

Headword: 
yolitia.
Principal English Translation: 

to give life to another (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
yoːliːtiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

yolitia. nite. (pret. oniteyoliti.) dar vida a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 40r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

YŌLĪTIĀ caus. YŌL(I).

YŌL(I) to live; to come to life, to hatch / vivir, resucitar, avivar, o empollarse el huevo (M).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 342.

IDIEZ morfema: 
yōlitiā.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
1. to resuscitate a small sick domesticated animal back to health. 2. to keep a fire alive.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
1. nic. Macehualli quiyolcui ce piltlapiyaltzin quemman mococoa. “Maria quiyolitia ce pilconepiyotzin ica ce tecomitl: quiixtlapaltzacua huan pehua quitehtehtzona, teipan tlallamiqui. ” 2. nic. Macehualli axquicahua ma cehui tlitl tlen tlatlatocca zo tlen cahuantocca. “Javier quiyoltia itliuh pampa tlen cehuiz ayochueliz tlicuiltia. ”
IDIEZ morfología: 
yōli, tiā1.
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlach3.
themes: 
Fire, Tobacco, Incense
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