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papalani.

Headword: 
papalani.
Principal English Translation: 

a person full of sores (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
pɑhpɑlɑːni
Alonso de Molina: 

papalani. persona llena de llagas.
papalani. ni. (pret. onipapalan.) estar lleno de llagas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 79v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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