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huepana.

Headword: 
huepana.
Principal English Translation: 

to drag or transport wood -- probably pulled with a rope that has been inserted through a hole in the end of the beam, as illustrated in Nahua hieroglyphs, such as huilana (MH513r) and huilana (MH558v)

Orthographic Variants: 
uepana
IPAspelling: 
weːpɑːnɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

uepana. ni. (pret. oniuepan.) arrastrar madera.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 156v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.