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tepitzoa.

Headword: 
tepitzoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to harden something (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tepiːtsoɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

tepitzoa. nitla. (pret. onitlatepitzo.) endurecer alguna cosa.
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.

Frances Karttunen: 

TEPĪTZOĀ vt to barden something / endurecer alguna cosa (M) [(3)Tp.204]. See TE-TL.

TEPĪCHILIĀ applic. TEPĪTZOĀ.

TEPĪTZŌLŌ nonact. TEPĪTZOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 230.