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oztetia.

Headword: 
oztetia.
Principal English Translation: 

to germinate, sprout (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
oztetiā
IPAspelling: 
ostetiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

*OZTETIĀ vrefl to germinate, sprout / germina, brota (T) [(1)Tp.157]. If this is the correct analysis, this would seem to be related in an idiosyncratic way involving vowel length and consonant discrepancies to ŌTZTIĀ 'to conceive, to become pregnant.' A possible alternate derivation is from a reflexive verb *(I)ZTETIĀ having to do with becoming powerful, taking command. See also TĒIZTI 'someone's fingernail' as a metaphor for 'child, offspring.' See ŌTZTIĀ, (I)ZTE-TL.

(I)ZTETIĀ See OZTETIĀ .

(I)ZTETIĀ See OZTETIĀ .
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 181.

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Plants, Trees, Flora