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pitzcua.

Headword: 
pitzcua.
Principal English Translation: 

to pinch something (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
pītzcua
IPAspelling: 
piːtskwɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

PĪTZCUA vt; pret: PĪTZCUAC to pinch something / lo pellizca (T) [(3)Tp.198]. T has a short vowel in the first syllable of PITZCOTŌN(A) 'to pinch something' and a long vowel here. See PITZĀHU(A).

PĪTZQUILIĀ applic. PĪTZCUA.

PĪTZCUALŌ nonact. PĪTZCUA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 198.