chichilehui.

Headword: 
chichilehui.
Principal English Translation: 

turn red, to blush (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
chīchīlēhui
IPAspelling: 
tʃiːtʃiːleːwi
Frances Karttunen: 

CHĪCHĪLĒHU(I) to turn red, to blush / se pone colorado, o rojo (T), sonroja (Z) Because the vowel of the third syllable is long, this seems to be constructed on the verb –ĒHU(I) rather than to be a simple case of substitution of E for I . See CHĪCHĪLIHU(I).

CHĪCHĪLĒHUĪHUA nonact. CHĪCHĪLĒHU(I)

CHĪCHĪLĒHUĪTIĀ caus. CHĪCHĪLĒHU(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 48.

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