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mopopoloani.

Headword: 
mopopoloani.
Principal English Translation: 

a puzzle that one can never solve (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
mopohpoloɑːni
Alonso de Molina: 

mopopoloani. perplexo que no se acaba de determinar.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 059v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Metaphors, Proverbs, Riddles