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tepitzitzquia.

Headword: 
tepitzitzquia.
Principal English Translation: 

to have and squeeze something strongly with the hand (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepitzitzquia
IPAspelling: 
tepitsitskiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tepitzitzquia. nitla. (pret. onitlatepitzitzqui.) tener y apretar reziamente alguna cosa conla mano.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 103r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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