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xexeloa.

Headword: 
xexeloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to scatter something in various different directions and into different piles (see Karttunen); this differs from a similar word with different vowel lengths that means to divide something into portions

Orthographic Variants: 
xehxēloā
Frances Karttunen: 

XEHXĒLOĀ vt to scatter something in various different directions and into different piles / extiendo (el maíz) en varias partes, y de varios montones (C) [(2)CF.72v. C contrasts this with XEHXELOĀ, the corresponding reduplicated form of XELOĀ 'to divide something." redup. XĒLOĀ.

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