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pipiyac.

Headword: 
pipiyac.
Principal English Translation: 

something with a strong scent (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
pipihyāc
IPAspelling: 
pipihyɑːk
Frances Karttunen: 

PIPIHYĀC something with a strong scent / perfumado (T), huele a orines (T for ĀXĪXPIPIHYĀC) [(2)Tp.171]. M has pipiyaliztli 'underarm odor.' T has YOC for YĀC. See IHYĀC.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 196.