Reference for Kiddushin 49:19

נהי דביאת מים לא בעינן מקום הראוי לבוא בו מים בעינן

And Rabbi: let it be compared to tebillah? - 'And he shall wash his clothes' disconnects the subject.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Therefore 'shall purify' cannot be linked with 'bathe himself.'');">³¹</span> Now, does Rabbi hold that it [the tongue] is as concealed in respect of tebillah? But Rabin said in the name of R'Adda in R'Isaac's name: It once happened that a bondmaid of Rabbi's household performed tebillah, ascended [from the water], and a bone was found between her teeth, whereupon Rabbi ordered her [to perform] a second tebillah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which shews that the water must enter the mouth.');">³²</span>

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