for something to be peeled, shelled (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
xīcalēhui
IPAspelling:
ʃiːkɑleːwi
Frances Karttunen:
XĪCALĒHU(I) for something to be peeled, shelled / se pela, se descascara (T) [(1)Tp.246]. T has O for A. See XĪCALĒHU(A). Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 323.