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xicalehui.

Headword: 
xicalehui.
Principal English Translation: 

for something to be peeled, shelled (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xīcalēhui
IPAspelling: 
ʃiːkɑleːwi
Frances Karttunen: 

XĪCALĒHU(I) for something to be peeled, shelled / se pela, se descascara (T) [(1)Tp.246]. T has O for A. See XĪCALĒHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 323.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking