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cuahuitlehua.

Headword: 
cuahuitlehua.
Principal English Translation: 

the month for the revival of the trees (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
quahuitlehua
Attestations from sources in English: 

the name of a month of twenty days; means the rising of small trees or poles
Lars Kirkhusmo Pharo, The Ritual Practice of Time: Philosophy and Sociopolitics of Mesoamerican Calendars (2013), 371.

calendrier, nom donné au premier mois de l'année, appelé aussi âtlâcâhualco = calendar, name given to the first month of the year, also called âtlâcâhualco
Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, citing Wimmer 2004

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

cuahuitlehua = retoñecer y empezarse a alegrar los árboles
Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, citando a Durán 1579