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nahualpoloa.

Headword: 
nahualpoloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to take someone using cunning, to a dangerous place in order to cause harm (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
naualpoloa
IPAspelling: 
nɑːwɑlpoloɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

naualpoloa. nite. (pret. onitenaualpolo.) lleuar con cautela a otro a algun lugar peligroso, para hazerle mal.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 063v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.