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papanahuia.

Headword: 
papanahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to pass many times those who are in front; or, to take lots of people or cross many times with people in a ferry or lying down (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
papanauia
IPAspelling: 
pɑpɑnɑwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

papanauia. nite. (pret. onitepapanaui.) passar muchas vezes alos que van adelante, o passar muchas vezes o a muchos en barca o acuestas.
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.