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nepantla tzayana.

Headword: 
nepantla tzayana.
Principal English Translation: 

to tear something in half (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

nepantla tzayana. nitla. (pret. onitlanepantla tzayan.) rasgar algo por medio.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 69r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.