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pitzoa.

Headword: 
pitzoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to kiss someone or something (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
pitzoā
IPAspelling: 
pitsoɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

PITZOĀ vt to kiss someone or something / lo besa (T) [(3)Tp.198,(3)Xp.72] This seems to have to do with extending or puckering the lips. See PITZĀHU(A).

PITZALHUIĀ applic. PITZOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 198.