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napalhuia.

Headword: 
napalhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to take something in one's hands, or in one's arms for another person (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
nɑːpɑlwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

napalhuia. nitetla. (pret. onitetlanapalhui.) lleuar algo enlas manos, o en los brazos para otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 063r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

to take in charge, in some cases, to adopt
Robert Haskett and Stephanie Wood's notes from Nahuatl sessions with James Lockhart and subsequent research.