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xihuitl huetzi.

Headword: 
xihuitl huetzi.
Principal English Translation: 

for a comet to fall in the sky; literally, for a year to fall (but see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
xiuitl uetzi
Alonso de Molina: 

xiuitl uetzi. (pret. xiuitl ouetz.) caer cometa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 159v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Celestial Phenomena