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xicaltica.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
xicaltica.
Principal English Translation: 

by gourd container (called a jícara in Spanish) (a measure); also translates as in a vessel, with or by means of a (gourd) vessel
Robert Haskett and Stephanie Wood's notes from Nahuatl sessions with James Lockhart and subsequent research.

IPAspelling: 
ʃiːkɑltikɑ