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tzoma.

Headword: 
tzoma.
Principal English Translation: 

to sew something (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tzuma
Alonso de Molina: 

tzuma. nitla. (pret. onitlatzun.) coser algo.
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.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

uncatqui yetetl notzomihuipil yhuan centetl tlamach cueytl xoxoctic = dejo tres huipiles de lana y unas naguas labradas azules (Toluca, 1621)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 134–135.

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