a metal tub or basin pertaining to one who dyes fabrics (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tepuz apaz tlapaloni
Alonso de Molina:
tepuz apaz tlapaloni. tina de tintorero. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 103v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.