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tziquiton.
Headword:
tziquiton.
Principal English Translation:
a little bit, just a little; when combined with a noun, this becomes an adjective; if the first syllable is doubled, the result is even more diminutive (see attestations)
Orthographic Variants:
tziqui, tziquitl, tziquitzin
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
"Contexto: Achitzin, Achitotzin, Aquitzin, Aquiton, Quentel, Quenteltzin, Tepitzin, Tepiton, Tepizcantzin, Tepitzocoton, Tepitzocotzin, Tziquiton, y Tziquitzin. Trece adverbios sinónimos que significan un poco o algún tanto. Yê achitzin, yê quenteltzin mohuelmati in cocoxqui. Ya está un poco mejor el enfermo. Juntos estos adverbios con sustantivos se hacen adjetivos : xinechmaca tepitzin atl. Si se les dobla la primera sílaba, se hacen más diminutivos, tetepiton, tetepixcatzin, tzitziquiton.
Fuente: 1780 Clavijero"