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ixe.

Headword: 
ixe.
Principal English Translation: 

someone intelligent and wise (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
īxeh
IPAspelling: 
iːʃeh
Frances Karttunen: 

ĪXEH someone intelligent and wise / que tiene cara, ojos, buena vista, cabeza, inteligencia (S) The literal sense of this is ‘someone who has a face’ or ‘someone who has eyes.’ It is conventionally paired with NACACEH ‘someone who has eyes,’ It is conventionally paired with NACACEH ‘someone who has ears,’ the whole phrase meaning ‘someone who is prudent.’ See ĪX-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 113.