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amo mopilhuia.

Headword: 
amo mopilhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to lose everything when a thief takes all from the house, or when ice or hail completely destroys the crops, vines, or orchards (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
amomopilhuia
Alonso de Molina: 

abarrisco llevar el ladron quanto auia en casa, o destruir el yelo o la piedra y granizo, todas la sembradas, viñas, y fructales. amo tlatlamachuia. amomopilhuia.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1r.

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Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Crime, Punishment
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