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chachalania.

Headword: 
chachalania.
Principal English Translation: 

to stir up others many times; or for people to get stirred up, fighting among themselves (see Molina; Engl. transl. here by Stephanie Wood)

IPAspelling: 
tʃɑːtʃɑlɑːniɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

chachalania. nite. (pret. onitechachalani.) reboluer a otros muchas vezes.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 18v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

chachalania. nitla. (pret. onitlachachalani.) reboluer a otros muchas vezes.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 18v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

chachalania tito. (pret. otitochachalanique.) reboluerse riñendo vnos con otros.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 18v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.