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tlahuia.

Headword: 
tlahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to redden something with ochre, to turn red, to blush (Karttunen, interpreting Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlauia
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tlauia. nitla. (pret. onitlatlauiac. vel. onionitlatlauix.) almagrar algo, o pararse bermejo y encendido el rostro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 144v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

See also: 
tlahuia.