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calpanhuia.

Headword: 
calpanhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to go from house to house, distributing or collecting tributes (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
calpanuia
IPAspelling: 
kɑlpɑnwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

calpanuia. nite. (pret. onitecalpanui.) andar de casa en casa, repartiendo o pidiendo el tributo. &c.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 11v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Markets, Commerce, Economy
Tributes, Taxation, Service