to skin the rump of a bird or to take off its tail (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
cuitlapilhuiuitla
IPAspelling:
kwitɬɑpilwiːwiːtɬɑ
Alonso de Molina:
cuitlapilhuiuitla. nic. (pret. oniccuitlapilhuiuitlac.) pelar la rabadilla del aue oquitarle la cola. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 27r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.