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ixtlilehua.

Headword: 
ixtlilehua.
Principal English Translation: 

to get dirty or black on the outside or on the surface

IPAspelling: 
iːʃtɬiːleːwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

ixtlileua. (pret. oixtlileuac.) pararse suzia o negra la haz de alguna cosa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 48v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

ensuciarse, mancharse la cara, por fuera, en la superficie
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana (Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1996), 232.

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