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quimilhuia.

Headword: 
quimilhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to wrap or bundle something for someone (see Molina and Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
kimilwiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

quimilhuia. (pret. nitetla. pret. onitetlaquimilhui.) emboluerle, o liarle algo a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 90r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

QUIMILHUIĀ vt to wrap or bundle something for someone / envolverle, o liarle algo a otro (M) [(1)Tp.200]. applic. QUIMILOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 211.