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chialtia.

Headword: 
chialtia.
Principal English Translation: 

to expect or wait for another person with regard to food or something else (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

chialtia. nic. (pret. onicchialti.) aguardar aotro conla comida, o con otro cosa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 19r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking