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tzoponia.

Headword: 
tzoponia.
IPAspelling: 
tsopoːniɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

tzoponia. nite. (pret. onitetzoponi.) lo mismo es que tzopinia.
tzoponia. nitla. (pret. onitlatzoponi.) lo mesmo es que tzopinia.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 153v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TZOPŌNIĀ vt to prick something or someone / punzar, picar, o dar herronada (M), punzar a otro asī (M), lo pica (Z) [(3)Tp.160, (2)Zp.98,199]. See TZOPĪNIĀ.

TZOPŌNĪLŌ nonact. TZOPŌNIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 319.