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ixtenexihui.

Headword: 
ixtenexihui.
Principal English Translation: 

a smear of the color from the painting; or, to be discolored due to a sickness, pregnancy or cold weather (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
ixtenexiui
IPAspelling: 
iːʃteneʃiwi
Alonso de Molina: 

ixtenexiui. n. (pret. onixtenexiuh.) desdezir el color de la pintura, o estar descolorido por enfermedad, preñez, o frio.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 47v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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