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ezpipicaliztli.

Headword: 
ezpipicaliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

a bloody rain (see Molina); i.e. a loss of blood, or a flowing or spilling of blood (Siméon)

IPAspelling: 
espipikɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

ezpipicaliztli. sangre lluuia.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 29v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

R. eztli, pipica. ezpipicaliztli s. v. Pérdida, flujo, derrame de sangre. R. ezpipica. ezquauitl s. Árbol grande que produce la goma llamada ezpatli (Hern., Clav.). R. eztli, quauitl. ezquiça p. oEzQUIz: n (por ni)— tener la regla, la menstruación.
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana (1977), p. 153.

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