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cuapiloa.

Headword: 
cuapiloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to taper something to a point by twisting and drawing it out (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuāpīloā
IPAspelling: 
kwɑːpiːloɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

CUĀPĪLOĀ vt to taper something to a point by twisting and drawing it out / le adelgazo la punta, torciéndole (C for first pers. sg. subject) [(1)Cf.127v]. See CUĀ(I)-TL, PĪLOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 60.