This is an element in numerous compounds and derivations and refers to peeling, flaying, shaving, etc. (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
xīp-
IPAspelling:
ʃiːp
Frances Karttunen:
*XĪP- This is an element in numerous compounds and derivations and refers to peeling, flaying, shaving, etc. It appears to have a variant form *XĪ- in some words. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 325.