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centetilia.

Headword: 
centetilia.
Principal English Translation: 

join diverse things into one (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
sentetiliɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

centetilia. nitla. (pret. onitlacentetili.) juntar diuersas cosas en vno.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 17v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CENTETILIĀ vrefl, vt to join together, to become one / juntar diversas cosas en uno (M), se junta, se hace uno (T), lo junta (T) T has CENTI for CENTE, while Z lacks the TE altogether. See CENTE-TL. CENTETILILIĀ applic. CENTETILIĀ CENTETILĪLŌ nonact. CENTETILIĀ CENTILIĀ See CENTETILIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 31.