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chimaltizahuia.

Headword: 
chimaltizahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to varnish with a crystalized plaster or a white varnish

Orthographic Variants: 
chimaltizauia
IPAspelling: 
tʃiːmɑltiːsɑwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

chimaltizauia. nitla. (pret. onitlachimaltizaui.) embarnizar conel dicho barniz.
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.

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