to take someone from the other part of the river or the other side of the sea (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
apanauia
IPAspelling:
ɑːpɑnɑːwiɑ
Alonso de Molina:
apanauia. nite. (pret. oniteapanaui.) passar a otro dela otra parte del rio o dela mar. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 6v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.