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xamia.

Headword: 
xamia.
Principal English Translation: 

to wash one’s face (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xāmiā
IPAspelling: 
ʃɑːmiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

XĀMIĀ vt to wash one’s face / le lava la cara (T).

XĀMILIĀ applic. XĀMIĀ.

XĀMĪLŌ nonact. XĀMIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 322.