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chillotia.

Headword: 
chillotia.
Principal English Translation: 

to throw chile peppers into a stew

IPAspelling: 
tʃiːlloːtiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

chillotia. nitla. (pret. onitlachilloti.) echar axi en algun manjar, o guisado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 21r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CHĪLLŌTIĀ vt to season something with chili peppers / lechar ají en algun manjar o guisaso (M) [(3)Tp.185]. See CHĪL-LI. CHĪLLŌTILIĀ applic. CHĪLLŌTIĀ CHĪLLŌTĪLŌ nonact. CHĪLLŌTIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 52.