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tzonicpiloa.

Headword: 
tzonicpiloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to turn someone on end, feet up, in order to throw him or her into the water or over a cliff (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tsonikpiloɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tzonicpiloa. nite. (pret. onitetzonicpilo.) boluer a otro patas arriba, para echarlo enel agua, o para despeñarlo.
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.

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