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tetica nitlatzopa.

Headword: 
tetica nitlatzopa.
Principal English Translation: 

to make or build a vault, cavern, tomb (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tetica nitlatzupa
Alonso de Molina: 

tetica nitlatzupa. (pret. tetica onitlatzup.) hazer o edificar de boueda.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 107v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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Architecture, Construction, Buildings
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