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milchipahua.

Headword: 
milchipahua.
Principal English Translation: 

to clear land for cultivation (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mīlchipāhua
IPAspelling: 
miːltʃipɑːwɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

MĪLCHIPĀHU(A) to clear land for cultivation / limpia un sembrado (milpa) (Z) [(2)Zp.76, 166]. See MĪL-LI, CHIPĀHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 147.