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xiuhe.

Headword: 
xiuhe.
Principal English Translation: 

to be of a certain age (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xiuheh
IPAspelling: 
ʃiweh
Frances Karttunen: 

XIUHEH to be of a certain age / tiene edad (Z) [(2)Zp.48,229]. The literal sense is ‘possessor of years.’ Z has an intrusive Y before the possessor suffix –EH. See XIHU(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 327.

themes: 
Aging (People, Things)
Numbers, Math