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papahuia.

Headword: 
papahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to howl (an action taken by people dancing the mitote)

Orthographic Variants: 
papauia
IPAspelling: 
pɑpɑwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

papauia. nitla. (pret. onitlapapaui.) dar alaridos con bozes los que baylan enel mitote.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 80r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Music, Song, Dance