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ixnehuallo.

Headword: 
ixnehuallo.
Principal English Translation: 

idol, image (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
īxnēhuallo
IPAspelling: 
iːʃneːwɑllo
Frances Karttunen: 

ĪXNĒHUALLO pl: -MEH idol, image / ídolo, imagen (T) [(1)Tp.136]. The vowel of the second syllable is attested long, but unless there has been loss of a syllable with compensatory lengthening, the vowel should not be long, assuming that this is related to ĪXNENEHUILIĀ. See ĪXNENEHUILIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 116.

themes: 
Religion (Indigenous)