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tzincuetia.

Headword: 
tzincuetia.
Principal English Translation: 

to put something underneath something, to lay a foundation for something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tzīncuētiā
IPAspelling: 
tsiːnkweːtiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TZĪNCUĒTIĀ vt to put something underneath something, to lay a foundation for something / le pone una cosa abajo (adobe o chinámil a una casa, pañal a un niño, etc.) (T) [(3)Tp.214]. See TZĪN-TLI, CUĒ(I)-TL.

TZĪNCUĒTILIĀ applic. TZĪNCUĒTIĀ.

TZĪNCUĒTĪLŌ nonact. TZĪNCUĒTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 312.