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xicocuitlapiloa.

Headword: 
xicocuitlapiloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to wax thread (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xīcohcuitlapīloā
IPAspelling: 
ʃiːkohkwitɬɑpiːloɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

XĪCOHCUITLAPĪLOĀ to wax thread / del sastre o zapatero, que encera el hilo, se dice (C) [(1)Cf.127v]. See XĪCOHCUITL(A)-TL, PĪLOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 324.