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petlania.

Headword: 
petlania.
Principal English Translation: 

to scatter or sprinkle something (see Molina and Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
petɬɑːniɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

petlania. nitla. (pret. onitlapetlani.) derramar cosa liquida, o acecalar y luzir algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 81r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

PETLĀNIĀ to scatter or sprinkle something / derramar cosa líquida o acicalar y lucir algo (M), lo tira, lo riega (T) [(3)Tp.196]. See PETLĀN(I).

PETLĀNILIĀ applic. PETLĀNIĀ.

PETLĀNĪLŌ nonact. PETLĀNIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 192.