to twist, writhe in the manner of quetzal plumes (See Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
quetzalhuītōlihui
IPAspelling:
ketsɑlwiːtoːliwi
Frances Karttunen:
QUETZALHUĪTŌLIHU(I) to twist, writhe in the manner of quetzal plumes / se va ... retorciendo a manera de quetzal (C) [(1)Cf.76r]. See QUETZAL-LI, HUĪ-TŌLIHU(I). Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 209–210.