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huihuixcatilia.

Headword: 
huihuixcatilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to become thin (speaking of someone who is ill) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
uihuixcatilia
IPAspelling: 
wiwiʃkɑtiliɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

uiuixcatilia. nite. (pret. oniteuiuixcatili.) enflaquecer al enfermo demanera que ande temblando y para caerse de su estado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 158r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Health, Sickness, Wellness, Medicine