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pilotihuetzi.

Headword: 
pilotihuetzi.
Principal English Translation: 

to dive in flight (speaking of a bird on the hunt) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
pilotiuetzi
IPAspelling: 
pilohtiwetsi
Alonso de Molina: 

pilotiuetzi. nino. (pret. oninopilotiuetz.) abatirse el aue de repiña para cazar.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 81v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

abatirse el ave. mo, pilotiuetzi. totocatiuetzi.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1r.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Hunting or Fishing