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tepizcantzin.

Headword: 
tepizcantzin.
Principal English Translation: 

a little (Clavijero), or small (Carochi)

Gran Diccionario Náhuatl [en línea]. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México [Ciudad Universitaria, México D.F.]: 2012 [ref 10-07-2024]. Available on line. https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/tepizcantzin/18126 and https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/tepizcantzin/180743

Attestations from sources in English: 

Carochi (1645): synonyms are: tepitzocotzin, tepizcantzin, tziquiton.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Clavijero (1780): "Achitzin, Achitotzin, Aquitzin, Aquiton, Quentel, Quenteltzin, Tepitzin, Tepiton, Tepizcantzin, Tepitzocoton, Tepitzocotzin, Tziquiton, y Tziquitzin. Trece adverbios sinónimos que significan un poco o algún tanto. Yê achitzin, yê quenteltzin mohuelmati in cocoxqui. Ya está un poco mejor el enfermo. Juntos estos adverbios con sustantivos se hacen adjetivos: xinechmaca tepitzin atl. Si se les dobla la primera sílaba, se hacen más diminutivos, tetepiton, tetepixcatzin, tzitziquiton."