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ezmeya.

Headword: 
ezmeya.
Principal English Translation: 

to spurt blood (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ezmēya
IPAspelling: 
esmeːyɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

EZMĒY(A) pret: EZMĒX to spurt blood / brota sangre (Z) [(1)Zp.153]. See EZ-TLI, MĒY(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 79.