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ixcaxihui.

Headword: 
ixcaxihui.
Principal English Translation: 

for one's eye to rupture (see Molina, who gives it in the first person singular)

Orthographic Variants: 
ixcaxiui
IPAspelling: 
iːʃkɑʃiwi
Alonso de Molina: 

ixcaxiui. n. (pret. onixcaxiuh.) quebrarseme el ojo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 45r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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