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tzimpitzahuac.

Headword: 
tzimpitzahuac.
Principal English Translation: 

something shaped, tapered toward the bottom (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tzimpitzauac
IPAspelling: 
tsimpitsɑːwɑk
Alonso de Molina: 

tzimpitzauac. cosa figurada, ahusada haziabaxo [hacia abajo].
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 152r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.