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xoxohuilia.

Headword: 
xoxohuilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to make someone black and blue by striking him/her; to make something green (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
xoxouilia
IPAspelling: 
ʃoʃowiliɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

xoxouilia. nite. (pret. onitexoxouili.) hazer cardenal a otro con golpe.
xoxouilia. nitla. (pret. onitlaxoxouili.) hazer algo verde.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 161v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.