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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"
Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/tziquiton/181212

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