xahuia. | Nahuatl Dictionary

Headword:

xahuia.

Principal English Translation:

to wash, rinse something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants:

xāhuiā

IPAspelling:

ʃɑːwiɑː

Frances Karttunen:

XĀHUIĀ vt to wash, rinse something / lo enjuaga, lo lava (T) [(3)Tp.217]. This is probably from XĀNHUIĀ with loss of the syllable–final N. See XĀMIĀ.

XĀHUILIĀ applic. XĀHUIĀ.

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