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maneloa.

Headword: 
maneloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to swim, or to spin or mix something with the hand (see Karttunen and Molina)

IPAspelling: 
mɑːneloɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

maneloa. nitla. (pret. onitlamanelo.) nadar, o reboluer algo conla mano.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 52r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

MĀNELOĀ vt to mix something together by hand, to swim / nadar o revolver algo con la mano (M), lo mueve, lo revuelve, lo mezcla, lo bate (con la mano) (Z) See MĀ(I)-TL, NELOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 136.