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achihuilo.

Headword: 
achihuilo.
Principal English Translation: 

to have one's hands washed while grinding maize

IPAspelling: 
ɑːtʃiːwiːloː
Frances Karttunen: 

ĀCHĪHUĪLŌ In the attestation of this on Tp.164 the vowel of the second syllable is incorrectly marked short. nonact. ĀCHĪHUIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 2.

Attestations from sources in English: 

passive impersonal of achihuia

themes: 
Corn, Maize
Food, Eating, Cooking