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milpia.

Headword: 
milpia.
Principal English Translation: 

to keep the milpa, to guard it (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Ce tonaltica amo oyac milpixque. Oya yehuatl, tecotli, omilpiato. = Un día no fue (al campo) el milpero. Fue el patrón a cuidar la milpa. (s. XX, Milpa Alta)
Los cuentos en náhuatl de Doña Luz Jiménez, recop. Fernando Horcasitas y Sarah O. de Ford (México: UNAM, 1979), 32–33.