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tzoncotona.

Headword: 
tzoncotona.
Principal English Translation: 

to harvest stalks of wheat (or the like) by hand (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tsonkotoːnɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tzoncotona. nitla. (pret. onitlatzoncoton.) coger espigas de trigo o cosa semejante, con la mano.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 153r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Food, Eating, Cooking
Plants, Trees, Flora
See also: 
tzontli.
cotona.