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zan tlein ipan niccuepa.

Headword: 
zan tlein ipan niccuepa.
Principal English Translation: 

to throw things at the most narrow (or thinnest) part

Orthographic Variants: 
çantlein ipan niccuepa
Alonso de Molina: 

zantlein ipan niccuepa. (pret. zantlein ipan oniccuep.) echar las cosas ala mas flaca parte.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 14v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.