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cuecholhuia.

Headword: 
cuecholhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to go over something without stepping on it (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuehcholhuiā
IPAspelling: 
kwehtʃolwiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

CUEHCHOLHUIĀ vt to go over something without stepping on it / pasa sobre una cosa sin pisar en ella (T) [(3)Tp.182]. M has cuecxolhuia, cueacxolhuia, and cuencholhuia all with the sense of jumping over a ditch or something of the sort. See CHOLOĀ.

CUEHCHOLHUILIĀ applic. CUEHCHOLHUIĀ

CUEHCHOLHUĪLŌ nonact. CUEHCHOLHUIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 68.