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xicopina.

Headword: 
xicopina.
Principal English Translation: 

to joke; to tease someone (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xīcopīna
IPAspelling: 
ʃiːkopiːnɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

XĪCOPĪN(A) vrefl,vt to joke; to tease someone / se chispa (T), lo chispa (T) [(4)Tp.162,216]. See XĪCOPĪN(I).

XĪCOPĪNILIĀ applic. XĪCOPĪN(A).

XĪCOPĪNALŌ nonact. XĪCOPĪN(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 324.

themes: 
Humor