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xahuia.

Headword: 
xahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to wash, rinse something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xāhuiā
IPAspelling: 
ʃɑːwiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

XĀHUIĀ vt to wash, rinse something / lo enjuaga, lo lava (T) [(3)Tp.217]. This is probably from XĀNHUIĀ with loss of the syllable–final N. See XĀMIĀ.

XĀHUILIĀ applic. XĀHUIĀ.

XĀHUĪLŌ nonact. XĀHUIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 321.