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chichimoloni.

Headword: 
chichimoloni.
Principal English Translation: 

for something to burst open while boiling (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
chihchīmolōni
IPAspelling: 
tʃihtʃiːmoloːni
Frances Karttunen: 

CHIHCHĪMOLŌN(I) for something to burst open while boiling / se revienta (p.ej). papa, frijol, nixtamal, etc., hirviendo, etc. ) [(1)Tp.125]. See MOLŌN(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 51.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking