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tentzon ixua.

Headword: 
tentzon ixua.
Principal English Translation: 

for chin whiskers to begin to appear; or, to begin to grow a beard (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tentzon ixua. ni. (pret. onitentzonixuac.) nacerme las baruas, o ser baruiponiente.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 100r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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