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xiuhmateca.

Headword: 
xiuhmateca.
Principal English Translation: 

to pull up plants, to clear ground (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xiuhmātēca
IPAspelling: 
ʃiwmɑːteːkɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

XIUHMĀTĒCA vt to pull up plants, to clear ground / arranca yerba, roza (T) [(3)Tp.238]. See XIHU(I)-TL, MĀTĒCA.

XIUHMĀTĒQUILIĀ applic. XIUHMĀTĒCA.

XIUHMĀTĒCALŌ nonact. XIUHMĀTĒCA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 327.

themes: 
Plants, Trees, Flora