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cuecueloa.

Headword: 
cuecueloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to bend, twist (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuēcuēloā
IPAspelling: 
kweːkweːloɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

CUĒCUĒLOĀ vrefl to bend, twist / se tuerce (T) [(3)Tp.147,(2)Zp.37,169]. M has cuecuel as an element in compounds having to do with twisting.

CUĒCUĒLŌLŌ nonact. CUĒCUĒLOĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 68.