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xiuhyotl.

Headword: 
xiuhyotl.
Principal English Translation: 

grassiness (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xiuhyōtl
IPAspelling: 
ʃiwyoːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

XIUHYŌ-TL grassiness / abstracto (de) yerba (C) [(1)Cf.53v]. This is from XIHU(I)-TL ‘grass’ and contrasts with the abstract derivation from XIHU(I)-TL ‘year’ which is –XIUHCAYŌ-TL. See XIHU(I)-TL, YŌ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 327.