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tecpayoa.

Headword: 
tecpayoa.
Principal English Translation: 

for the jug to have little stones of flint so that the water cools (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tecpayoa. (pret. otecpayoac.) tener el jarro algunas piedrezuelas de pedernal para enfriar el agua.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 93r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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