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huihuitla.

Headword: 
huihuitla.
Principal English Translation: 

to pull weeds or pluck feathers (see Karttunen and Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
uihuitla
IPAspelling: 
wiwitɬɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

uiuitla. nitla. (pret. onitlauiuitlac.) elar o desplumar aues, o coger yeruas con la mano sin las arrancar, o arrancarlas de rayz.
uiuitla. ne. (pret. oneuiuitlac.) coger matas de frisoles.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 158r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

HUIHUITLA vt to pull up weeds; to pluck feathers / pelar o desplumar aves, o coger yerbas con la mano sin arrancar, o arrancarlas de raíz (M), coger matas de frijoles (M) X marks the vowel of the second syllable long.

HUIHUITLALHUIĀ altern. applic. HUIHUITLA
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 89.

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Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
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