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mola.

Headword: 
mola.
Principal English Translation: 

to get ground up, or to grind something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mōla
IPAspelling: 
moːlɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

MŌLA vrefl,vt to get ground up; to grind something / se muele (chile, tomate, etc.) (T), lo muele (chile, tomate, etc.) (T) [(4)Tp.153,192]. See MŌL-LI.

MŌLILIĀ applic. MŌLA

MŌLALŌ nonact. MŌLA
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 151.