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nepan tzatzilia.

Headword: 
nepan tzatzilia.
Principal English Translation: 

for people to cry out to others, or to try to hurry those who are working (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

nepan tzatzilia tito. (pret. otitonepan tzatzilique.) llamar o dar bozes losvnos alos otros, o prouocarse a dar priesa los que trabajan.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 69r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Labor, Work, Labor Concerns