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teputzhuia.

Headword: 
teputzhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

the person who takes up the rear of a group of people walking (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
teputzuia
Alonso de Molina: 

teputzuia. nite. (pret. oniteteputzui.) ser el trasero o el cabero de todos los que camina[n] en compañia.
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.