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ixelehuia.

Headword: 
ixelehuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to lust or desire someone (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
ixeleuia
IPAspelling: 
iːʃeːleːwiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

ixeleuia. nite. (pret. oniteixeleui.) codiciar a alguna persona.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 45r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

ĪXĒLĒHUIĀ vt to desire someone / codicia a alguna persona (M), lo desea, lo codicia (T) See ĪX-TLI, ĒLĒHUIĀ.

ĪXĒLĒHUILIĀ applic. ĪXĒLĒHUIĀ

ĪXĒLĒHUĪLŌ nonact. ĪXĒLĒHUIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 113.

themes: 
Sexuality, Fertility, Reproduction