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quetzalilacatzihui.

Headword: 
quetzalilacatzihui.
Principal English Translation: 

to weave in and out in the manner of quetzal plumage (See Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
ketsɑlilɑkɑtsiwi
Frances Karttunen: 

QUETZALILACATZIHU(I) to weave in and out in the manner of quetzal plumage / se va entretejiendo ... a manera de quetzal (C) [(1)Cf.76r]. See QUETZAL-LI, ILACATZIHU(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 210.