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ixquempalli.

Headword: 
ixquempalli.
Principal English Translation: 

the eyelid (Florentine Codex); the inside of the eyelid (Molina)

IPAspelling: 
iːʃkeːmpɑlli
Alonso de Molina: 

ixquempalli. el parpado del ojo la parte interior del.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 47r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

ixquempalli = the eyelid (granted, this is a discussion about a bird's eyelid in the Anderson & Dibble translation)
Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 11: Earthly Things", fol. 59v, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/59v Accessed 24 October 2025.

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