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tetzotzona.

Headword: 
tetzotzona.
Principal English Translation: 

to work with stones, to sculpt stone; or, to hit someone with stones (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tetsotsonɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tetzotzona. ni. (pret. onitetzotzon.) labrar piedras.
tetzotzona. nitla. (pret. onitlatetzotzon.) dar golpes con piedra
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 111v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

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