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izhuahuia.

Headword: 
izhuahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to scrub something using leaves (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
izuauia
IPAspelling: 
iswɑwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

izuauia. nitla. fregar algo con hojas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 49v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Cleanliness, Orderliness (or lack of)