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tzohuia.

Headword: 
tzohuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to lasso, to hunt with a lasso, to get tangled up in a lasso (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tzouia
IPAspelling: 
tsowiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tzouia. nino. (pret. oninotzoui.) enlazarse y caer enel lazo.
tzouia. nitla. (pret. onitlatzoui.) cazar, o prender algo con lazo.
tzouia. nite. (pret. onitetzoui.) enlazar a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 154r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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