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tsikil

a morsel, bit of something (see Karttunen)

tsikilɑyohtɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
tziquilayohtli

chilacayote, a soft squash (see Karttunen)

tsikiloɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
tziquiloā

to cut something off for someone (see Karttunen)

to strip trees of their branches, or the like (see Molina)

to pinch s.o. or an animal.
#Nic. Una persona le jala y le aprieta un poco de piel a alguien o un animal domestico. “Martín pellizca su hermano menor porque juega mucho con las niñas”.
for clothing to shrink.
a narrow article of clothing, sack or bag.
a narrow article of clothing, sack or bag.
small person, animal or thing.
Orthographic Variants: 
tziqui, tziquitl, tziquitzin

a little bit, just a little; when combined with a noun, this becomes an adjective; if the first syllable is doubled, the result is even more diminutive (see attestations)

appelative of endearment for a child.
tsitsiːkɑ

to swarm; to fit something tightly through a small hole (see Molina); or, to stuff something tight, to compress something in a container (see Karttunen)

to be in the midst of a swarm (see Molina)

tsiːtsikɑːswiɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
tzitzicazuia

to sting someone with stinging nettles (see Molina); to punish someone by stinging him with nettles (see Karttunen)

s.t. fermented.
# Una cosa dulce echada a perder, se hace agrio y amargo. “Mis familiares cuando muelen siempre dejan un poco de agua de caña en un paila porque quieren que se haga en vino”.

to punish, correct, or arrest someone (see Molina)

tsiːtsikɑːstɬi

nettle(s) (see Molina and Karttunen)

to swell from brushing against stinging nettle (see Molina)

to be in a place full of nettles

(central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Thelma Sullivan, "Tlatoania and tlatocayotl in the Sahagún manuscripts," Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl 14 (1980), 225–238. See esp. p. 227.