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# Nic. Una persona le quita a alguien, o un animal domestico una cosa que lo tiene en la boca. “Elena le quita el hijo de su perro porque ya está grande y solamente lo muerden”. 2. Nic. Una persona dice todo de una cosa que otro diría. “Diana le saco las palabras a su mamá porque ella ya no pudo decirlo”.

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tenquixtitihuetzi.

teːnkiːʃtihtiwetsi

Orthographic Variants:

tenquixtitiuetzi

to declare something in a hurry (see Molina)

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tenquixtitiquiza.

teːnkiːʃtihtikiːsɑ

to pronounce or declare something quickly (see Molina)

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tēnquīza.

to reveal by mistake information that should not be revealed.

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tenquiza.

teːnkiːsɑ

Orthographic Variants:

tēnquīza

to enunciate clearly (See Karttunen)

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tēntacahuihtic.

to be dirty around one’s mouth.

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tēntepēhui.

for a person’s tooth to fall out.

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tentequi.

teːnteki

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tentetecuinahui.

teːntehtekwinɑːwi

Orthographic Variants:

tentetecuinaui

to nick or dull a knife, or the like (see Molina)

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tentetecuinoa.

teːntehtekwinoɑ

to nick something or make it dull edged (see Molina)

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tentetl.

teːntetɬ

a lip plug (literally, lip stone)
Justyna Olko, Turquoise Diadems and Staffs of Office: Elite Costume and Insignia of Power in Aztec and Early Colonial Mexico (Warsaw: Polish Society for Latin American Studies and Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition, University of Warsaw, 2005), 172.

Might be made of green stone, turquoise, shells, obsidian, coral, gold, etc. (see attestations)

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tēntiā.

to sharpen s.t.

# Nic. Una persona talla un machete, un arado, o cuchillo con un afilador para que corte. “Eduardo afila su machete porque le ordenan que valle a chapolear”.

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