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chipinia.

Headword: 
chipinia.
Principal English Translation: 

to sprinkle drops onto something

IPAspelling: 
tʃipiːniɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

chipinia. nitla. (pret. onitlachipini.) echar gotas enalguna cosa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 21r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

IDIEZ morfema: 
chipīniā.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
to spill or throw out a liquid little by little.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
Nouhquiya CHOPĪNIĀ huan PICHĪNIĀ. nic. Macehualli quitoyahua zo quimahcahua ce quentzin tlacualiztli iayo canahya. “Quemman tlami tlatlaliah tlaixpan yaya notatah tlachipinia. ”
IDIEZ def. español: 
# una persona tira o avienta un poco de caldo de la comida de alguien. “cuando termina de poner cosas en el altar mi papá riega”.
IDIEZ morfología: 
chipīni, iā1.
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlach3.
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chipīniā

tlahtolli: 
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