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pitzatzi.

Headword: 
pitzatzi.
Principal English Translation: 

to talk in a high, thin voice, to squeak (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
pītzahtzi
IPAspelling: 
piːtsɑhtsi
Frances Karttunen: 

PĪTZAHTZI to talk in a high, thin voice, to squeak / habla en voz delgadita, chilla (garganta, puerta, etc.) [(3)Tp.174]. Despite the discrepancy in vowel length, this appears to be related to PIPITZCA 'to whinny, shriek, squeak.' See PĪTZ(A), TZAHTZI.

PĪTZAHTZĪHUA nonact. PĪTZAHTZI.

PĪTZAHTZĪTIĀ caus. PĪTZAHTZI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 197.

themes: 
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition