tletlepitzhuatza.

Headword:

tletlepitzhuatza.

Principal English Translation:

to cause blisters or "signs of cardinals" when using a whip on someone or hitting that person with a stick (see Molina, who used the verb in the first person, as though he has whipped people, unless he is quoting an informant)

Orthographic Variants:

tletlepitzuatza

Alonso de Molina:

tletlepitzuatza. nite. (pret. onitetletlepitzuatz.) hazer a otro ronchas o señales de cardenales, con los azotes o palos que le di.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 147v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes:

Crime, Punishment