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pipiazquetza.

Headword: 
pipiazquetza.
Principal English Translation: 

to spew blood from the mouth, spitting it out in spurts (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

pipiazquetza. nitla. echar sangre, o otra cosa por la boca abocanadas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 82r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

abocanadas echar algo. nitla, pipiazquetza. nitla, uaualania. nitla, xoxauania.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1v.

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