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nicnempoloa i[n] cemilhuitl.

Headword: 
nicnempoloa i[n] cemilhuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

to spend an entire day without accomplishing anything (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
nicnempoloa ycemilhuitl
Alonso de Molina: 

nicnempoloa ycemilhuitl. (pret. onicnempolo icemilhuitl.) gastar todo el dia en vano o sin prouecho.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 71v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.