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ixtzacuilia.

Headword: 
ixtzacuilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to cover the face, to have one’s eyes stuck shut with tissue or discharge (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
īxtzacuiliā
IPAspelling: 
iːʃtsɑkwiliɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

ĪXTZACUILIĀ vrefl to cover the face, to have one’s eyes stuck shut with tissue or discharge / tapa la cara, tiene los ojos pegados con lagañas (T) ((3)Tp. 144). T’s gloss for this applicative form is identical with that for ĪXTZACU(A). Applic. ĪXTZACU(A)

ĪXTZACUILĪLŌ nonact. ĪXTZACUILIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 122.