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yahualihui.

Headword: 
yahualihui.
Principal English Translation: 

for a corn plant to become rounded before it becomes a cane (a verb) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
yaualiui
IPAspelling: 
jɑwɑliwi
Alonso de Molina: 

yaualiui. (pret. oyaualiuh.) hazerse redonda la mata de mayz antes que haga caña.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 31v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

IDIEZ morfema: 
yahualihui.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
to become round.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
YAHUALIHUIYA. Zan motequihuia ica tlempano. Eliya yahualtic. “Quemman yahualihuiya nochachapal, ayoccah niccencuilia nicchihchihua; quennopaya niccahua. ”
IDIEZ morfología: 
yahualli, ihui1.
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlach2.
themes: 
Corn, Maize
Plants, Trees, Flora