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-poloa.

Headword: 
-poloa.
Principal English Translation: 

derogative verbal compounding element added directly to a preterit stem (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
-poloā
IPAspelling: 
-poloɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

-POLOĀ derogative verbal compounding element added directly to the preterit stem; significa menosprecio y vituperio (C) [(6)Cf.70r]. See -PŌL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 202.