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metzpoztequi.

Headword: 
metzpoztequi.
Principal English Translation: 

to break one's leg at the thigh; or, to break the leg of another person at the thigh (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
metzpuztequi
Alonso de Molina: 

metzpuztequi. nino. (pret. oninometzpuztec) quebrarse la pierna por el muslo.
metzpuztequi. nite. (pret. onitemetzpuztec) quebrar a otro la pierna assi.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 55v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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