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ixcuecholhuia.

Headword: 
ixcuecholhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to beckon to someone with one’s head (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
īxcuehcholhuiā
IPAspelling: 
iːʃkwehtʃolwiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

ĪXCUEHCHOLHUIĀ vt to beckon to someone with one’s head / le hace seña (con la cabeza que venga) (T) [(3)Tp.215]. M has ixcuechoa ‘to nod one’s head in agreement’ and ixcuechilhuia ‘to wink at someone.’ See ĪX-TLI, CUEHCHOLHUIĀ

ĪXCUEHCHOLHUILIĀ applic. ĪXCUEHCHOLHUIĀ

ĪXCUEHCHOLHUĪLŌ nonact. ĪXCUEHCHOLHUIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 113.