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iyahuilia.

Headword: 
iyahuilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to offer something in sacrifice, lifting it up high to offer it (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
iyauilia
IPAspelling: 
ijɑwiliɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

iyauilia. nitetla. (pret. onitetlaiyauili.) ofrecer algo en sacrificio, leuantando en alto lo que se ofrece.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 36v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Gifts, Offerings, Sacrificial Rites
Religion (Indigenous)