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cocototza.

Headword: 
cocototza.
Principal English Translation: 

to cut something often, or chop it into little pieces (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
kokototsɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

cocototza. nitla. (pret. onitlacocototz.) cortar algo muy menudo, o hazerlo pedazos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 24r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

COCOTOTZ(A) vt to cause something to be cut up, torn into pieces / cortar algo muy menudo, o hacerlo pedazos (M). See COTŌN(I). COCOTOCHILIĀ applic. COCOTOTZ(A). COCOTOTZALŌ nonact. COCOTOTZ(A)
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 39.

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