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patzca.

Headword: 
patzca.
Principal English Translation: 

to squeeze (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
pɑːtskɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

patzca. nitla. (pret. onitlapatzcac.) espremir, o sacar zumo de alguna cosa, o torcer ropa mojada.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 80r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

PĀTZCA vrefl.vt to express, give forth liquid; to squeeze liquid out of something, to wring out wet clothes / se exprime, se aprensa, se oprime (T), exprimir o sacar zumo de alguna cosa o torcer ropa mojada (M), exprimir cosa que da aqua o zumo (C) PĀTZCA is an element of CŌCOHPĀTZMICTIĀ and QUECHPĀTZCA 'to choke, strangle someone.' See PĀTZ-.

PĀTZCALŌ nonact. PĀTZCA.

PĀTZCALTIĀ caus. PĀTZCA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 189.

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