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mexcalhuia.

Headword: 
mexcalhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to rub alcohol, mescal on oneself; to rub mezcal on someone else (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mexcalhuiā
IPAspelling: 
meʃkɑlwiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

MEXCALHUIĀ vrefl, vt to rub alcohol, mescal on oneself; to rub mezcal on someone / se unta con alcohol (T), lo unta con alcohol (T) [(6)Tp. 152, 190]. See MEXCAL-LI, -HUIĀ.

MEXCALHUILIĀ applic. MEXCALHUIĀ

MEXCALHUĪLŌ nonact. MEXCALHUIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 144.

themes: 
Alcohol, Hallucinogens