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tematlapatzca.

Headword: 
tematlapatzca.
Principal English Translation: 

to crush someone in a net (part of a ritual of human sacrifice)
Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, citing Wimmer (2004), "v.t. tê-., écraser qqn. dans un filet," https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/matlapatzca/53966; Engl. transl. here by SW.

themes: 
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See also: 
matlatl.
patzca.
mecapatzca.