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chipeloa.

Headword: 
chipeloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to cut cane or something similar; or, to open a sore (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tʃipeloɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

chipeloa. nitla. (pret. onitlachipelo.) hender por el cañaueral, o por cosa semejante, o abrir los bezos de la llaga.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 21r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.