to be pale from shock or illness; or, for only the whites of one’s eyes to show (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
īxticēhui
IPAspelling:
iːʃtiseːwi
Frances Karttunen:
ĪXTICĒHU(I) to be pale from shock or illness, for only the whites of one’s eyes to show / tener mancillada la cara o estar descolorido por enfermedad (M for ixticehua), el ojo se puso blanco (T) [(3)Tp.137]. See ĪXTE-TL, CĒHU(I)
ĪXTICĒHUĪHUA nonact. ĪXTICĒHU(I)
ĪXTICĒHUĪTIĀ caus ĪXTICĒHU(I) Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 120.