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tepozmatlachihua.

Headword: 
tepozmatlachihua.
Principal English Translation: 

to make a metal netting or mesh for use as armor, as a coat of mail (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuzmatlachiua, tepuzmatlachihua
Alonso de Molina: 

tepuzmatlachiua. nitla. (pret. onitlatepuzmatlachiuh.) hazer malla para cota.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 104r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Metals, Mining