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xolohuia.

Headword: 
xolohuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to grind something with the pestle and mortar (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
xolouia
IPAspelling: 
ʃolowiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

xolouia. nitetla. (pret. onitlatexoloui.) majar con mano de mortero alguna cosa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 161r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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