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quechpanoa.

Headword: 
quechpanoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to carry someone or something on the shoulders (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
quechpanoā
IPAspelling: 
ketʃpɑnoɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

quechpanoa. nite. (pret. onitequechpano.) lleuar a otro encima delos hombros.
quechpanoa. nitla. (pret. onitlaquechpano.) lleuar otra qualquier cosa encima delos hombros.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 88v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

QUECHPANOĀ vt to carry someone or something on the shoulders / llevar a otro encima de los hombros (M), llevar otra cualquier cosa encima de los hombros (M) This is indirectly attested in the causa- /206/ tive form QUECHPANŌLTIĀ. See QUECH-TLI, PANOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 207.