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xopehua.

Headword: 
xopehua.
Principal English Translation: 

to kick someone, or to push someone

Orthographic Variants: 
xopeua
IPAspelling: 
ʃopeːwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

xopeua. nitla. (pret. onitlaxopeuh.) dar de pie con menosprecio.
xopeua. nite. dar punta pie a alguno, o puntallazo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 161r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents xopehua in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking