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teputztia.

Headword: 
teputztia.
Principal English Translation: 

to turn one's swords on another person who has been thrown out to flee; or, to be the last person among those who are walking in a group (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

teputztia. nino. (pret. oninoteputzi.) boluer las espadas a otro echado a huyr.
teputztia. nitla. (pret. onitlateputzi.) ser el cabero o postrero delos que caminan y van en compania.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 103v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Weapons, Shields, Heraldry