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ixticehui.

Headword: 
ixticehui.
Principal English Translation: 

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.

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