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chopinia.

Headword: 
chopinia.
Principal English Translation: 

for a snake to bite someone, or for a bird to eat

IPAspelling: 
tʃopiːniɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

chopinia. nite. (pret. onitechopini.) picar la biuora, o comer el paxaro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 21v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CHOPĪNIĀ vt to pick at something, to prick someone / picar la vibora, o comer el pájaro (M) This is only indirectly and weakly attested in CACHOPĪN, but synonymous TZOPĪNIĀ is well attested.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 55.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Snakes, Serpents