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papayini.

Headword: 
papayini.
Principal English Translation: 

to pace nervously (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
pāpāyīni
IPAspelling: 
pɑːpɑːyiːni
Frances Karttunen: 

PĀPĀYĪN(I) to pace nervously / anda por aquí y por allá, inquieto (Z) [(3)Zp.10,71,181]. In one of the attestations the vowels of the first two syllables are unmarked for length.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 188.