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tɬɑːlpɑtʃiwtikɑh
Orthographic Variants: 
tlālpachiuhticah

to be buried (see Karttunen)

something that is covered by dirt (see Molina)

to plant a seed or a seedling in the ground.
# una persona siembra una semilla de un tipo de comida o su rama para que retoñe y que tenga su fruto. “mi papá siembra frijol en la milpa porque ahora ya es temporada”.
tɬɑːlpɑtʃoɑː

to cover something up with earth, or to bury something or someone under a mound (see Molina and Karttunen)

to look towards the ground (see Molina)

one who looks at the ground

tɬɑːlpɑn

on or to the ground, throughout the country

James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 237.

on top of a hill or ridge.
tɬɑːlpɑntɬi

floor, ground

James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 237.

to put on a belt; or, to tie something
Gran Diccionario Nahuatl, citing Wimmer 2004, who cites Launey II, 252. English translation provided here by Stephanie Wood. The second definition, "to tie something" is also from SW's analysis.

a long, thin strip of land (see attestations)

tɬɑlpiliɑ

to tie (speaking of the indigenous person's blanket), or to tie a knot when they put it on (see Molina)

tɬɑlpilitstɬi

a knife used to cut the cord, or rope that has been tied to hold a bundle of something (see Molina)

tɬɑlpiːlistɬi

a tying, the act of tying, or knotting something (see Molina)

tɬɑlpiːlli

something tied or knotted, such as something made of cloth, a hip cloth or a loincloth (see Molina); by extension, this can refer to the symbolic tying or bundling of the 52-year cycle (see attestations)

tɬɑlpiːloːni
Orthographic Variants: 
tlalpilonj, tlapilloni

a special hair binder with double feather tassels (literally, a thing used to tie something) (see Olko); also, a head band
Justyna Olko, Turquoise Diadems and Staffs of Office: Elite Costume and Insignia of Power in Aztec and Early Colonial Mexico (Warsaw: Polish Society for Latin American Studies and Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition, University of Warsaw, 2005), 150.

tɬɑlpiːtsɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
tlalpītza

to blow, to huff (see Karttunen)

tɬɑlpitsɑlistɬi

a blow or puff (see Molina)

tɬɑːlpitsotɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
tlālpitzotl

cochineal insect (Dactylopius cacti), the bodies of which produce a scarlet dye; armadillo (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlalpoa

to measure lands or properties (see Molina)