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maxopehua.

Headword: 
maxopehua.
Principal English Translation: 

to push something with the hand (nitla); or, to push someone with the hand (nite) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
maxopeua
IPAspelling: 
mɑːʃopeːwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

maxopeua. nitla. (pret. onitlamaxopeuh) empuxar algo conla mano.
maxopeua. nite. (pret. onitemaxopeuh) empuxar a alguno desta manera.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 54v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.