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yolcaxipehua.

Headword: 
yolcaxipehua.
Principal English Translation: 

to skin someone alive (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
yolcaxipeua
IPAspelling: 
joːlkɑːʃiːpeːwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

yolcaxipeua. nite. (pret. oniteyolcaxipeuh.) dessollar vivo a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 39v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.