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ixmatiloa.

Headword: 
ixmatiloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to scrub the face of another or blindfold someone (see Molina and Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
iːʃmɑtiloɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

ixmatiloa. nite. (pret. oniteixmatilo.) refregar la cara a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 46r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

ĪXMATILOĀ vt to scrub someone’s face; to blindfold someone / refregar la cara a otro (M), no se deja ver el ojo (T)[(3)Tp.217]. See ĪX.TLI, MATILOĀ.

ĪXMATILHUI(A) applic. ĪXMATILOĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 115.

themes: 
Anatomy
Cleanliness, Orderliness (or lack of)