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ixticehua.

Headword: 
ixticehua.
Principal English Translation: 

to have contradicting colors on a painting; to have a tainted face; or, to be pale due to an illness or extreme cold weather (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
ixticeua
IPAspelling: 
iːʃtiseːwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

ixticeua. (pret. oixticeuac.) desdezir elcolor dela pintura.
ixticeua. n. (pret. onixticeuac.) tener manzillada la cara, o estar descolorido por enfermedad o granfrio.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 47v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Weather, Climate