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xicaloa.

Headword: 
xicaloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to strip, denude something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xīcaloā
IPAspelling: 
ʃiːkɑloɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

XĪCALOĀ vt to strip, denude something / lo desnuda (Z) [(2)Zp.43,199]. See XĪP-.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 323.

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