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cacatza.

Headword: 
cacatza.
Principal English Translation: 

to tie something tightly (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
kɑhkɑtsɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

cacatza. nitla. (pret. onitlacacatzac.) atar fuertemente alguna cosa, o embutir o recalcar algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 10v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CAHCATZA vt to tie something securely / atar fuertemente alguna cosa, o embutir o recalcar algo (M) [(1)Cf.116v].
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 20.