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ayotzincuepa.

Headword: 
ayotzincuepa.
Principal English Translation: 

to tumble (see Karttunen); or, to turn around or to climb the way they do in Spain (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
ɑːyoːtsiːnkwepɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

ayotzincuepa. nin. (pret. oninayotzincuep.) boltear o trepar al modo de españa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 3v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

ĀYŌTZĪNCUEP(A) vrefl to tumble / voltear o trepar al modo de españa (M) See TZĪN-TLI, CUEP(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 17.

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