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tezaca.

Headword: 
tezaca.
Principal English Translation: 

to transport rock (see Molina, Karttunen, and IDIEZ)

IPAspelling: 
tesɑkɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tezaca. nite. (pret. onitezacac.) acarrear piedra.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 91v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TEZACA to transport rock / acarrea piedra (T) [(1)Tp.20I]. See TE-TL, ZACA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 239.

IDIEZ morfema: 
tezaca.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
ni. Macehualli quicui tetl canahya huan quihuica cehcoyoc contema. “Jaime tezaca huanya itex pampa quinequih quichihuazceh ce calli ica yainon. ”
IDIEZ morfología: 
tetl, zaca.
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlach1.
themes: 
Stones, Masonry
Transportation, Travel