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tzontli.

IDIEZ morfema: 
tzontli.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
1. a bundle of grass or other shoots. 2. number root for forming multiples of 400. 3. root of TZONTECŌN, TZOMPAN and other words. “head” or “the end of an object or a process.” in older Nahuatl it meant “hair.”
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
1. Ce tlatzquintli zacatl zo ceyoc tlamantli xihuitl. “Quemman nopa quitlanehuih ma zacamacuiti quichihua miac tzontli huan cequinoqueh axcanah pampa zan mahuiltiah. ” 2. Quemman motzinpihuilia ce tlapohualiztli quihtoznequi cempohualli hueltah cempohualli. “Naman oncah caxtolli huan ontzontli ipan mahtlacpohualli tlahtolli pan totlahtolxitlauhcauh. ” 3. TZONTECŌN, TZOMPAN huan miac tlahtolli iyollo. Macehualli, tecuani zo tlapiyalli itzontecon. Huahcauhquiya quihtoznequiyaya “Macehualli, tecuani zo tlapiyalli itzoncal [Mc. 153v].
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlat.