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chilhuia.

Headword: 
chilhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to throw chile peppers in a stew (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tʃiːlwiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

chilhuia. nitla. echar axi en algun manjar o guisado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 21r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CHĪLHUIĀ vt to season something with chili peppers / lo pica (con picante), lo enchila (Z) [(3)Zp.51,98,187]. See CHĪL-LI, -HUIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 51.

IDIEZ morfema: 
chīlhuiā.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
1. to add chilli in the preparation of food. 2. to smear s.o., meat or s.t. else with chilli.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
1. nic. Macehualli quitlalhuilia chilli ce tlamantli. "Sandra quichilhuia tlaxcalli itetah tlen quihuicaz campa tequititi. " 2. nic. /nimo. Macehualli quipoloa chilli ceyoc, ce tlenhueli zo ce tlamantli nacatl. “Nimochilhuih quemman niticiyaya chilli pan metlatl. ”
IDIEZ def. español: 
A. nic. Una persona le pone chile una cosa. “ Sandra le pone chile la tortilla”. B. Enbararle con chile a algo.
IDIEZ morfología: 
chīlli, huiā1.
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlach3.
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