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xacualoa.

Headword: 
xacualoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to rub, mash or grind something, to cook something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xacualoā
IPAspelling: 
ʃɑkwɑloɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

XACUALOĀ vt to rub, mash or grind something, to cook something / desgranar semillas o cosa semejante, estregándolas con las manos, o sobar masa o cosa así (M), lo frota, lo friega, lo restriega, lo cocina (T) [(3)Tp.215]. See XACUALIHU(I).

XACUALHUIĀ applic. XACUALOĀ.

XACUALŌLŌ nonact. XACUALOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 321.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking