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ixpiloa.

Headword: 
ixpiloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to lower the eyes (see Molina); or, to get lower, become lower (see attestations for mixpiloa)

Orthographic Variants: 
ixpilova
IPAspelling: 
iːʃpiloɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

ixpiloa. n. (pret. onixpilo.) abaxar los ojos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 46v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

iniquac in ya onmixpilova tonatihu ynipan ce ora = cuando ya el sol rebasa el cenit, a la una (Cuauhtinchan, Puebla, s. XVI)
Luis Reyes García, "Ordenanzas para el gobierno de Cuauhtinchan, año de 1559," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 264–265.

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