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iyehuilia.

Headword: 
iyehuilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to peel something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ihyehuiliā
IPAspelling: 
ihyewiliɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

IHYEHUILIĀ vt to peel something / lo descascara, levanta la cáscara (de árbol, yerva, etc.) (T) [(3)Tp.188]. Since T characteristically has YE for YA, this may be related to M’s iyauilia ‘to raise something up in sacrifice.’

(I)HYEHUILILIĀ applic. (I)HYEHUILIĀ

(I)HYEHUILĪLŌ nonact. (I)HYEHUILIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 102.

themes: 
Religion (Indigenous)