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tequizqui.

Headword: 
tequizqui.
Principal English Translation: 

something hardened; or, something taken as a stone, such as a piece of snow (ice, hail) (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tekiːski
Alonso de Molina: 

tequizqui. cosa empedernida, o que se toma como piedra, assi como el pedazo de nieue. &c.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 105v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents tequizqui in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

themes: 
Stones, Masonry
Weather, Climate