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xiuhzaloliztli.

Headword: 
xiuhzaloliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the art of mosaic work, sticking together green stones (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xiuhzālōliztli
IPAspelling: 
ʃiwsɑːloːlistɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

XIUHZĀLŌLIZ-TLI the art of mosaic work, sticking together green stones / cibrir con mosaicos (S for xiuhçalolmana) [(1)Bf.10v]. See XIHU(I)-TL, ZĀLOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 327.

themes: 
Turquoise, Greenstone/Jade