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ixhua.

Headword: 
ixhua.
Principal English Translation: 

for a plant to be born, or for a seed to sprout (see Molina and Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ixua
IPAspelling: 
iʃwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

ixua. (pret. oixuac.) nacer la planta, o brotar la semilla.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 48v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

IXHUA for a seed to sprout, germinate; for a plant to come up / nacer la planta o brotar la semilla (M) [(2)Cf.31V, (4)Zp.21,87,163,164]. The attestations in are inconsistent, with ixoa, Īxōa, ixua and Īxua, but C’s attestations are consistent with each other and with M. See IZHUA-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 113.

IDIEZ morfema: 
ixhua.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
1. for a plant to sprout and grow someplace. 2. for body hair to grow.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
1. Xihuitl pehua quiza pan tlalli icelti ce canahya. “Campa Lucia quitoctoc ixochiuh ixhua ce xihuitl tlen axcualli huan quinequi quimacuiz. ” 2. Macehualli, tecuani zo tlapiyalli quiza iihhuiyo pan itlacayo. “Pan ne pilconetzin itlacayo ixhua miac iihhuiyo pampa axcanah quitoxomilqueh aquich ixihuiyo. ”
IDIEZ def. español: 
#1. Hierba empieza a salir de la tierra solo en algún lado. “donde lucia a sembrado su flor nace una hierba mala y quiere arrancarlo.” 2. Persona, animal silvestre y animal domestico nace pelos en el cuerpo. “El bebe le nacen pelos en el cuerpo porque no le tallaron la hoja de aquich.”
IDIEZ gramática: 
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īxhua

tlahtolli: 
īxhua
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41074