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tetziloa.

Headword: 
tetziloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to twist a lot (speaking of a cord or a rope) (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tetsiːloɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

tetziloa. nitla. (pret. onitlatetzilo.) torcer mucho cordel, soga.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 111r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TETZĪLOĀ vt to twist something ropelike / torcer mucho cordel, soga, etc. (M).

TETZĪLHUIĀ applic. TETZĪLOĀ.

TETZĪLŌLŌ nonact. TETZĪLOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 237.

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