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xipalli.

Headword: 
xipalli.
Principal English Translation: 

lip (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xīpalli
IPAspelling: 
ʃiːpɑlli
Frances Karttunen: 

XĪPAL-LI pl: -TIN ~ -MEH lip / labio (X) [(2)Tp.134,159, (5) Xp.85]. See XĪP-.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 325.

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texipalli.