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xipeuhtli.

Headword: 
xipeuhtli.
Principal English Translation: 

something hairless; a bald person (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xīpēuhtli
IPAspelling: 
ʃiːpeːwtɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

XĪPĒUH-TLI something hairless; a bald person / pelado (T) [(1)Tp.238]. See XĪPĒHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 325.

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