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tzoncuilia.

Headword: 
tzoncuilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to take something away from the load another person carries, so that the load will not weigh as much

Alonso de Molina: 

tzoncuilia. nitetla. (pret. onitetlatzoncuili.) quitar algo dela carga que otro lleua acuestas, paraque no pese tanto.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 153r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.