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tequia.

Headword: 
tequia.
Principal English Translation: 

to sprinkle something on someone, something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tēquiā
IPAspelling: 
teːkiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TĒQUIĀ vrefl,vt to sprinkle something on someone, something / derramar, echar (K) This is abundantly attested in T but always compounded with Ā-TL 'water' or . CUĀ(I)-TL 'head' and generally having to do with baptism. See TĒCA.

TĒQUĪLŌ nonact. TĒQUIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 232.