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tlatocayotia.

Headword: 
tlatocayotia.
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑhtohkɑːyoːtiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatocayotia. nite. (pret. onitetlatocayoti.) coronar rey.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 140v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TLAHTOHCĀYŌTIĀ to reign / reinar (R) [(1)Rp.148]. M has this as a transitive verb ‘to crown someone king.’ See TLAHTOHCĀYŌ-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 266.