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tzotlania.

Headword: 
tzotlania.
Principal English Translation: 

to varnish something with chia seed oil or something similar (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tsotɬɑːniɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tzotlania. nitla. (pret. onitlatzotlani.) barnizar algo con azeite de chia, o de otra cosa semejante.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 154r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.