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oppatihua.

Headword: 
oppatihua.
Principal English Translation: 

for humans to return to live on earth after death (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
oppatiua
IPAspelling: 
oːppɑtiwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

oppatiua. tornar los hombres abiuir otra vezen este mundo, despues de muertos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 77v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Death