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popohua.

Headword: 
popohua.
Principal English Translation: 

to pay something, to make restitution for something (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
pōpōhua
IPAspelling: 
poːpoːwɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

PŌPŌHU(A) to pay something, to make restitution for something / restituir lo ajeno (M), pagar una cosa (S) M combines this with POHPŌHU(A) 'to clean something' in a single entry. This is not directly attested in the sources for this dictionary but is implied by intransitive PŌPŌHU(I). redup. PŌHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 203.

themes: 
Money, Coins, Wealth