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malhuili.

Headword: 
malhuili.
Principal English Translation: 

something protected, hallowed (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
malhuīli
IPAspelling: 
mɑlwiːli
Frances Karttunen: 

MALHUĪ-LI pl: -TIN~-MEH something protected, hallowed / cosa guardada, cosa consagrada (T) [(1)Tp.140]. See MALHUIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 134.