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tetzotzontequi.

Headword: 
tetzotzontequi.
Principal English Translation: 

one who dissects, lacerates, or mangles; or, one who distributes parcels of land; or, one who cuts large branches from trees (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tetzotzontequi. desquartizador o despedazador, o repartidor de pedazos de tierra, o cortador de ramas gruessas de arboles.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 111v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.