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mecapalhuia.

Headword: 
mecapalhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to outfit oneself with a tump line (for carrying loads) (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
mekɑpɑlwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

mecapalhuia. nino. (pret. oninomecapalhui) proueerse de mecapal.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 55r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See mecapalli, tump line. Mecatl is cord, rope.