to varnish with a crystalized plaster or a white varnish
Orthographic Variants:
chimaltizauia
IPAspelling:
tʃiːmɑltiːsɑwiɑ
Alonso de Molina:
chimaltizauia. nitla. (pret. onitlachimaltizaui.) embarnizar conel dicho barniz. 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.