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cholhuia.

Headword: 
cholhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to jump over something, such as a little ravine or an irrigation ditch (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tʃolwiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

cholhuia. nic. vel. nitla. (pret. oniccholhui. vel. onitlacholhui.) saltar arroyo o acequia.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 21v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CHOLHUIĀ vt to jump over something / saltar arroyo o acequia (M) [(2)Zp.94,145]. applic. CHOLOĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 54.