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tetiya.

Headword: 
tetiya.
Principal English Translation: 

to become as hard as stone (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
tetiyɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

TETIY(A) pret: TETIX ~ TETIYAC to become as hard as stone / endurecerse como piedra (M) [(3)Cf.57V]. This contrasts with TETIÁ 'to lay eggs, to collect stones.' See TE-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 235.

themes: 
Stones, Masonry