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tzatzayatza.

Headword: 
tzatzayatza.
Principal English Translation: 

to tear cloth or clothing to shreds (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
tsɑtsɑyɑtsɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

TZATZAYATZ(A) vt to tear cloth or clothing to shreds / rasgarlas (la ropa, el lienzo) de esta manera (C) [(1)Cf.75r]. See TZAYĀN(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 311.

themes: 
Textiles, Clothing