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cuelpachilhuia.

Headword: 
cuelpachilhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to fold clothing for someone (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
kwelpɑtʃilwiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

cuelpachilhuia. nicte. (pret. onictecuelpachilhui.) doblar, o plegar ropa a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 26r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CUELPACHILHUIĀ applic. CUELPACHOĀ CUELPACHOĀ vrefl,vt to bend, fold over; to bend something, to fold something over / se dobla (T), doblar o plegar mantas o cosa semejante (M) See CUĒLOĀ, PACHOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 69.

themes: 
Textiles, Clothing