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tzatzacui.
Headword:
tzatzacui.
Principal English Translation:
to stop; or, to close (see Zapata y Mendoza); also, to stammer (see Sahagún)
Attestations from sources in English:
Often paired: in popoloni, in tzatzacui, to refer to stuttering and stammering. (see Sahagún)
auh injn imônjca, inteputzco pillotl, coneiutl ticchioa: popolonj, tzatzacuj, njcan cententli, cencamatl toconqujxtia aijtoloian, aitlaliloian toconeoa, tocontlalia = But in their absence we perform in childish, in baby-like fashion. Stuttering, stammering are the word or two which we here deliver; ill-spoken, disordered is what we intone, what we set forth (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
yhuan huey cocoliztli mochiuh huel tlatlamahuac motzatzacuic cali yhuan mochi mique Atepan tlaca = Y se produjo una peste, hubo gran aniquilamiento, se cerraron las casas. Y murieron todas las personas de Atepan. (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)