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tzitzquilia.

Headword: 
tzitzquilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to touch something or someone with one's hand; or, to feel another person's shame (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tsiːtskiliɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tzitzquilia. nitetla. (pret. onitetlatzitzquili.) tocar conla mano, o palpar a otro, o a otra sus verguenzas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 153r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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