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ixtonehui.

Headword: 
ixtonehui.
Principal English Translation: 

for, one’s eyes to burn, hurt (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
īxtōnēhui
IPAspelling: 
iːʃtoːneːwi
Frances Karttunen: 

ĪXTŌNĒHU(I) for, one’s eyes to burn, hurt / arde de ojo (T)((3)Tp.137). M has reflexive ixtoneua ‘to get red in the face from being teased.’ See ĪX-TLI, TŌNĒHU(I).

ĪXTŌNĒHUĪHUA nonact. ĪXTŌNĒHU(I)

ĪXTŌNĒHUĪTIĀ caus. ĪXTŌNĒHU(I)
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 122.