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tetecuintli.

Headword: 
tetecuintli.
Principal English Translation: 

that which makes noise while cracking
Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/tetecuintli/62024, translated to English here by Stephanie Wood.

Orthographic Variants: 
tetecuin
Attestations from sources in English: 

"tehtecuîntli Qui fait du bruit en craquant"
"tehtecuîntic, tehtecuîntli", bruyantes, qui craquent = noisy, noisemaking ones.
Est dit de sandales. Sahagún book 10,74
Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, citing Wimmer 2004, who cites the Florentine Codex; https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/tetecuintli/62024