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petzoa.

Headword: 
petzoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to make something shine, to polish an object (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
petsoɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

petzoa. nitla. (pret. onitlapetzo.) acecalar bruñir, o luzir algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 81r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

PETZOĀ vt to polish, burnish something, to make something smooth and shiny / acicalar, bruñir, o lucir algo (M) [(9)Tp.148]. See PETZ-TLI.

PETZŌLŌ nonact. PETZOĀ.

PETZOLHUIĀ altern. applic. PETZOĀ.

PETZALHUIĀ altern. applic. PETZOĀ.

PETZALHUILIĀ applic. PETZALHUIĀ.

PETZALHUĪLŌ nonact. PETZALHUIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 192.