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chicahualtia.

Headword: 
chicahualtia.
Principal English Translation: 

to make something grow strong, ripen (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
chicāhualtiā
IPAspelling: 
tʃikɑːwɑltiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

CHICĀHUALTIĀ vt to make something grow strong, ripen / lo arrecia, lo hace madurar (T) [(3)Tp.185]. caus. CHICĀHU(A)

CHICĀHUALTILIĀ applic. CHICĀHUALTIĀ

CHICĀHUALTĪLŌ nonact. CHICĀHUALTIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 46.

themes: 
Plants, Trees, Flora