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xotlaltia.

Headword: 
xotlaltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to ignite charcoal (see Molina); to burn something, to set fire to something (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
ʃoːtɬɑltiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

xotlaltia. nitla. (pret. onitlaxotlalti.) encender carbones.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 161v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

XŌTLALTIĀ vt to burn something, to set fire to something / encender carbones (M), lo quema, lo enciende, lo prende (T) caus. XŌTLA.

XŌTLALTILIĀ applic. XŌTLALTIĀ.

XŌTLALTĪLŌ nonact. XŌTLALTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 331.

themes: 
Fire, Tobacco, Incense