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oppahuia.

Headword: 
oppahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to plant two times; or, to work in the maize field two times or for the second time (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
oppauia
IPAspelling: 
oːppɑwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

oppauia. nitla. (pret. onitla oppaui.) sembrar dos vezes o labrar el mayzal dos vezes o la segunda vez.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 77v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Corn, Maize