to put something underneath something, to lay a foundation for something (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
tzīncuētiā
IPAspelling:
tsiːnkweːtiɑː
Frances Karttunen:
TZĪNCUĒTIĀ vt to put something underneath something, to lay a foundation for something / le pone una cosa abajo (adobe o chinámil a una casa, pañal a un niño, etc.) (T) [(3)Tp.214]. See TZĪN-TLI, CUĒ(I)-TL.
TZĪNCUĒTILIĀ applic. TZĪNCUĒTIĀ.
TZĪNCUĒTĪLŌ nonact. TZĪNCUĒTIĀ. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 312.