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tenquiza.

Headword: 
tenquiza.
Principal English Translation: 

to enunciate clearly (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tēnquīza
IPAspelling: 
teːnkiːsɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

TĒNQUĪZ(A) to enunciate clearly / pronuncia las palabras bien claras (T) [(3)Tp.227]. T gives the preterit of this as -QUĪZAC rather than -QUĪZ, although T elsewhere has QUĪZ from QUĪZ(A). See TĒN-TLI, QUĪZ(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 225.