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mamazoaltia.

Headword: 
mamazoaltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to crucify someone

Alonso de Molina: 

mamazoaltia. nite. (pret. onitemamazoalti.) crucificar o aspar a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 51v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

totlazotemaquixticatzin momamazohualtitica ytech = un Santo Christo en la cruz (San Cristóbal Ecatepec, 1634)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 200–201.