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chiyahuac.

Headword: 
chiyahuac.
Principal English Translation: 

something greasy, grimy, filthy (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
chiyāhuac
IPAspelling: 
tʃiyɑːwɑk
Frances Karttunen: 

CHIYĀHUAC something greasy, grimy, filthy / cosa grasienta (M) [(3)Zp.64,150]. Z has the shortened form CHĀHUAC. See CHIYĀHUA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 54.

IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
greasy.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
Nacatl, cuetlaxtli zo cacao tlen quipiya miac chiyauhtli. "Piyo tlen huahca tlahuel chiyahuac pampa tlahuel quintzopiniah quemman quinizcaltiah zo quintomahuah. "
IDIEZ morfología: 
chiyāhua, cā.