*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.