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xalhuia.

Headword: 
xalhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to throw sand at someone (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xālhuiā
IPAspelling: 
ʃɑːlwiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

XĀLHUIĀ vt to throw sand at someone / le echa arena (T) [(1)Tp.217]. See XĀL-LI, -HUIĀ.

XĀLHUILIĀ applic. XĀLHUIĀ.

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