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ciyaltia.

Headword: 
ciyaltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to lure, captivate someone, to cause someone to give in, to consent to something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ciyaltiā
IPAspelling: 
siyɑltiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

CIYALTIĀ vt to lure, captivate someone, to cause someone to give in, to consent to something / atraer a otro haciéndole querer algo (M) [(1)Cf.117r]. caus. CIY(A), see CEY(A)
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 35.