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moteputztiani.

Headword: 
moteputztiani.
Principal English Translation: 

one who runs from the enemy (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
motepotztiani
Alonso de Molina: 

moteputztiani. el que echa ahuir delos enemigos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 060r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.