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chicopilia.

Headword: 
chicopilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to wink at someone, to catch someone’s eye (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
chihcopiliā
IPAspelling: 
tʃihkopiliɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

CHIHCOPILIĀ vt to wink at someone, to catch someone’s eye / hace señas con los ojos, le parpadea (T) [(3)Tp.185]. See IHCOP(I)

CHIHCOPILILIĀ applic. CHIHCOPILIĀ

CHIHCOPILĪLŌ nonact. CHIHCOPILIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 51.