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zohuilia.

Headword: 
zohuilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to unfold or lay out clothing for another (see Molina); and see our contemporary Eastern Huastecan Nahuatl entry zōhuiliā1, which means to "extend something on the ground that belongs to someone else" (IDIEZ material)

Orthographic Variants: 
zouilia
IPAspelling: 
sowiliɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

zouilia. nitetla. (pret. onitetlazouili.) desplegar o tender la ropa a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 25v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Textiles, Clothing
See also: 
zōhuiliā1.