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tepozatilia.

Headword: 
tepozatilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to melt down copper or another metal (but not gold or silver) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuzatilia
Alonso de Molina: 

tepuzatilia. nitla. derretir cobre o otro metal que no sea oro ni plata.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 103v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Metals, Mining