to taper something to a point by twisting and drawing it out (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
cuāpīloā
IPAspelling:
kwɑːpiːloɑː
Frances Karttunen:
CUĀPĪLOĀ vt to taper something to a point by twisting and drawing it out / le adelgazo la punta, torciéndole (C for first pers. sg. subject) [(1)Cf.127v]. See CUĀ(I)-TL, PĪLOĀ. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 60.