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xiuh.

Headword: 
xiuh.
Principal English Translation: 

an expression used to frighten away dogs, etc.
James Richard Andrews, Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003), vol. 1, 42.

IPAspelling: 
ʃiw
Alonso de Molina: 

xiuh. exe, para oxear perros.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 159v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.