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metztetziloa.

Headword: 
metztetziloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to twist, sprain one’s foot (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
metztetzīloā
IPAspelling: 
metstetsiːloɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

METZTETZĪLOĀ vrefl to twist, sprain one’s foot / se tuerce (el pie) (Z) [(2)Zp. 123, 171]. See METZ-TLI, TETZĪLOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 144.

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