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xiloti.

ʃiːloːti

to begin to bear fruit (speaking of the maize plant), to produce a tender sprig (see Molina)

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xilotl.

ʃiːloːtɬ

small, tender ear of green maize, before it solidifies (see Molina and Karttunen); also, a person's name (attested as female)

small unripe ear of corn.
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xilotla.

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Xilotzin.

a personal name; the name of a ruler of Huexotla (Huejutla) (see the Florentine Codex)

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xilotzontli.

Orthographic Variants: 
xilotzuntli

a scratch from a thorn (see Molina)

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xilotzontli.

ʃiːloːtsontɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
xīlōtzontli

corn tassel (see Karttunen)

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xiloxoch.

Calliandra, a name for girls (Central Mexico, sixteenth century)

Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 255.

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Xiloxochcatl.

a personal name, attested in a tlaxilacalli of Santiago Tlatelolco in 1573 (see attestations)

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xiloxochitl.

ʃiːloːʃoːtʃitɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
xīlōxōchitl

silk-cotton tree (see Karttunen); literally, the flower of maize

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xima.

ʃiːmɑ

to shave or cut wood, stone, hair (the combining form is xin-)
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 241.

also, to cut hair (and haircutting styles were linked to certain ethnicities)

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xīma.

1. to peel fruit with a knife. 2. to plane a plank. 3. to cut s.o.’s hair.
# 1. nic. Una persona pela una verdura con una navaja. “Delfina siempre pela una naranja para su hija porque es muy chiquita y todavía no puede usar la navaja”.
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ximalli.

kindling or shaved wood

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xīmiliā.

to peel fruit with a knife for s.o.
# nic. Una persona le pela una fruta o verdura a otro con un cochillo. “Benito le pela una lima a su esposa porque ella le tiene miedo el cochillo”.
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ximilli.

Orthographic Variants: 
xinmilli, ximmilli

pasture, upland, grassy field; agricultural land that is dependent upon rainfall

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ximmactia.

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ximmatlalitztli.

ʃimmɑːtɬɑːlitstɬi

sapphire, a precious stone (see Molina)

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ximmilli.

ʃimmiːlli
Orthographic Variants: 
ximmīlli

unirrigated field (see Karttunen)

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ximohuayan.

ʃiːmoːwɑyɑːn
Orthographic Variants: 
xīmōhuayān, Ximoayan

place of the dead, realm where the human body is shaved free of flesh (see Karttunen)

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xinachoa.

ʃinɑːtʃoɑː
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xinachtia.

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