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xitonia.

Headword: 
xitonia.
Principal English Translation: 

to unravel, disarrange, destroy something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xitōniā
IPAspelling: 
ʃitoːniɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

XITŌNIĀ vt to unravel, disarrange, destroy something / lo desenvuelve, lo descompone, lo desbarata (T) See XITŌN(I).

XITŌNILIĀ applic. XITŌNIĀ.

XITŌNĪLŌ nonact. XITŌNIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 326.