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tentzonquiza.

Headword: 
tentzonquiza.
Principal English Translation: 

to be beginning to grow a beard; or, one who is just beginning to grow a beard or get chin whiskers (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
teːntsonkiːsɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tentzonquiza. baruiponiente.
tentzonquiza. ni. (pret. onitentzonquiz.) ser baruiponiente.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 100r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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