to go from house to house, distributing or collecting tributes (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
calpanuia
IPAspelling:
kɑlpɑnwiɑ
Alonso de Molina:
calpanuia. nite. (pret. onitecalpanui.) andar de casa en casa, repartiendo o pidiendo el tributo. &c. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 11v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.