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tototza.

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tototza.
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totoːtsɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tototza. nic. (pret. onictototz.) adelantar, o aguijar el relox.
tototza. nite. (pret. onitetototz.) aguijar y dar priessa al que camina, o empeorar el medico al enfermo.
tototza. nitla. (pret. onitlatototz.) empeorar, o dar priessa a otra qualquier cosa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 151r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TOTŌTZ(A) vt to hurry someone along, to advance something, to cause worsening of an illness / adelantar o aguijar el reloj (M), aguijar y dar priesa a el que camina, o empeorar el medico al enfermo (M), empeorar, o dar priesa a otra cualquier cosa (M) [(1)Cf.75r]. See TOTŌCA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 249.