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motenitzania.

Headword: 
motenitzania.
Principal English Translation: 

to draw blood from the lips using a knife (see Molina), a type of self-sacrifice, bloodletting

Alonso de Molina: 

motenitzania. (pret. omotenitzani) sacrificarse los labrios con nauaja ante los idolos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 060r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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