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mottitia.

Headword: 
mottitia.
Principal English Translation: 

to see something in a dream (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mottitiā
IPAspelling: 
mottitiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

MOTTITIĀ vt to see something in a dream / lo revela (lo ve en un sueno) (T) [(3)Tp.190]. The reflexive prefix MO- has been absorbed into the stem, so this receives a second MO- when used honorifically. See MOTTA.

MOTTITILIĀ applic. MOTTITlĀ.

MOTTITĪLŌ nonact. MOTTITlĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 153.

themes: 
Dreams, Visions