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ixxotia.

Headword: 
ixxotia.
Principal English Translation: 

to keep watch, to be vigilant; to watch over or guard something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
īxxōtiā
IPAspelling: 
iːʃʃoːtiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

ĪXXŌTIĀ vrefl,vt to keep watch, to be vigilant; to watch over or guard something / se cuida, se vigila (T) , cuida (T) ((6)Tp.144,230). The transitive form is attested only with the prefix TLA-, which may be fused to form an intransitive verb. See ĪXXŌ-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 122.