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apahuia.

Headword: 
apahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to catch fish by poisoning the water and stupefying them (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
apauia
IPAspelling: 
ɑːpɑhwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

apauia. nitla. (pret. onitlaapaui.) embaruascar pescado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 6v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Hunting or Fishing
Marine, Maritime, Lacustrine
Water
See also: 
michpahuia.
michpatli.