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teeltzacu.

Headword: 
teeltzacu.
Principal English Translation: 

a morsel that gets caught in the gut ("gullets") (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

teeltzacu. bocado que se atrauiesa enlos gaznates.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 94r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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