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tentetecuinahui.

Headword: 
tentetecuinahui.
Principal English Translation: 

to nick or dull a knife, or the like (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tentetecuinaui
IPAspelling: 
teːntehtekwinɑːwi
Alonso de Molina: 

tentetecuinaui. (pret. otentetecuinauh.) mellarse o embotarse el cuchillo o cosa assi.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 99v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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