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xixititza.

Headword: 
xixititza.
Principal English Translation: 

to cause all of something (such as a wall) to crumble (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
ʃiʃititsɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

XIXITITZ(A) vt to cause all of something (such as a wall) to crumble / desbaratar algo (todo) (C) [(1)Cf.74r]. See XITĪN(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 327.

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