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xinqui.
Headword:
xinqui.
Principal English Translation:
one who sculpts, a sculptor (see Molina, cuauhteixiptla xinqui), or one who cuts or shaves things (from the verb xima), like a woodcutter or a carpenter; see also tlaxinqui
Attestations from sources in English:
See an image that represents xinqui in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).