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tetzahui.

Headword: 
tetzahui.
Principal English Translation: 

to condense, thicken, congeal (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tetzāhui
IPAspelling: 
tetsɑːwi
Frances Karttunen: 

TETZĀHU(I) to condense, thicken, congeal / queda espeso, se espesa (T) [(1)Tp.226]. This is synonymous with M's intransitive tetzaua and contrasts with TĒTZĀHUIĀ 'to be beset by foreboding; to augur ill for someone.'
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 236.