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pitzcotona.

Headword: 
pitzcotona.
Principal English Translation: 

to pinch something (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
pitzcotōna
IPAspelling: 
pitskotoːnɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

PITZCOTŌN(A) vt to pinch something / lo / K197/ pellizca (T)[(3)Tp.198]. T has a long vowel in the first syllable of PĪTZCUA 'to pinch something' and a short vowel here. See PITZĀHUA, COTŌN(A).

PITZCOTŌNILIĀ applic. PITZCOTŌN(A).

PITZCOTŌNALŌ nonact. PITZCOTŌN(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 198.