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papatia.

Headword: 
papatia.
Principal English Translation: 

to repair something; or, to correct a piece of writing; or, to fix something that was poorly made or badly done (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
pɑpɑhtiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

papatia. nitla. (pret. onitlapapati.) reparar algo, o corregir escriptura o emmendar lo mal hecho.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 79v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Writing, Literacy