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tzoacati.

Headword: 
tzoacati.
Principal English Translation: 

to spoil (speaking of fruit that is just getting started growing), to wrinkle, get damaged

IPAspelling: 
tsoɑkɑti
Alonso de Molina: 

tzoacati. (pret. otzoacatic.) añublarse la fruta, o arrugarse y dañarse la calabaza, melon, o pepino en la misma mata despues de quajados y algo crecidos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 153r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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