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Headword:

achihuia.

Principal English Translation:

to wash one's hands while grinding maize (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling:

ɑːtʃiːwiɑː

Frances Karttunen:

ĀCHĪHUIĀ vrefl to wash one´s hands while grinding maize / se lava las manos (mujer cuando muele) (T) [(3)Tp.164]. See Ā-TL,CHĪHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 2.

themes:

Corn, Maize

Food, Eating, Cooking