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tepiltzoyaca.

Headword: 
tepiltzoyaca.
Principal English Translation: 

the vulva of a virgin; a woman with a tightly closed vagina (see Molina)

Francisco Asturias, Historia de la medicina en Guatemala, 63.

IPAspelling: 
tepiltsojɑkɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tepiltzoyaca. muger estrecha desu natura.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 103r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.