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xiquipilihui.

Headword: 
xiquipilihui.
Principal English Translation: 

to make bags out of clothing badly sewn and badly cut (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
xiquipiliui
IPAspelling: 
ʃikipiliwi
Alonso de Molina: 

xiquipiliui. (pret. oxiquipiliuh.) hazer como bolsas la ropa mal cosida y mal cortada.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 159r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Note the root, xiquipilli, here.

themes: 
Textiles, Clothing