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tzatzayaca.

Headword: 
tzatzayaca.
Principal English Translation: 

to crack or split; for cloth or the like to be torn to shreds

Orthographic Variants: 
tzayaca
IPAspelling: 
tsɑtsɑyɑkɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

TZATZAYACA for cloth or the like to be torn to shreds / rasgarse estas cosas (la ropa, el lienzo) mucho (C) [(1)Cf.75r]. See TZAYĀN(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 311.

themes: 
Textiles, Clothing