to shave in the manner of the ancient people (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
ichiua
IPAspelling:
ihtʃiːwɑ
Alonso de Molina:
ichiua. nin. (pret. oninichiuh.) afeitarse o embixarse al modo antiguo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 32v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.