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cuelpachihui.

Headword: 
cuelpachihui.
Principal English Translation: 

to fold over, bend (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
kwelpɑtʃiwi
Frances Karttunen: 

CUELPACHIHU(I) to fold over, bend / se dobla [(1)Tp.121]. This intransitive verb is synonymous with the verb CUELPACHOĀ used reflexively. See CUELPACHOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 69.