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xicalehua.

Headword: 
xicalehua.
Principal English Translation: 

to peel, shell something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xīcalēhua
IPAspelling: 
ʃiːkɑleːwɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

XĪCALĒHU(A) vt to peel, shell something / lo pela, lo descascara (T) [(1)Tp.216]. T has O for A. See XĪCALOĀ, ĒHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 323.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking