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tzatzatzi.

Headword: 
tzatzatzi.
Principal English Translation: 

to shout or yell repeatedly; to cry out; to crow (see Molina and Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
tsɑːtsɑhtsi
Alonso de Molina: 

tzatzatzi. ni. (pret. onitzatzatzic.) dar muchas bozes, o gritar.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 151v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TZĀTZAHTZI to cry out, to shout repeatedly, to crow / dar muchas voces, o gritar (M), cacarea (gallina) (T) [(1)Cf.121v, (1)Tp.245]. redup. TZAHTZI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 311.