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tezalo.

Headword: 
tezalo.
Principal English Translation: 

one who detains another person so that he or she cannot leave; or, one who examines broken or dislocated bones (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tezalo. el que detiene a otro paraque no se vaya, o concertador de huessos quebrados o desconcertados.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 91v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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