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mapiltepilhuilia.

Headword: 
mapiltepilhuilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to give rude signs to another person using one's hand (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
mɑhpiltepilwiliɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

mapiltepilhuilia. nite. (pret. onitemapiltepilhui) dar higas a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 52v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

mapiltepilhuilia = acción de mostrar el puño en signo de menosprecio
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana (México: Siglo veintiuno, 1988), 468.