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tetlapialtiliztli.

Headword: 
tetlapialtiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the commissioning of someone to guard a secret or some piece of property for someone else (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tetlapialtiliztli. encomienda de secreto o de hazienda que se da a guardar a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 109r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.