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tlachicometilia.

Headword: 
tlachicometilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to hold a novena for someone, to make something the object of prayers for nine days for someone (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlachicōmetiliā
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑtʃikoːmetiliɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TLACHICŌMETILIĀ vt to hold a novena for someone, to make something the object of prayers for nine days for someone / le hace el novenario (T) [(3)Tp.207]. see CHICŌME.

TLACHICŌMETILILIĀ applic. TLACHICŌMETILIĀ.

TLACHICŌMETILĪLŌ nonact. TLACHICŌMETILIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 254.

themes: 
Religion (Christian)