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tlacahuapahualiztli.

Headword: 
tlacahuapahualiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the raising or tutoring of children (see Molina)

also, the instruction of people

Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 198.

Orthographic Variants: 
tlacauapaualiztli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːkɑwɑpɑːwɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlacauapaualiztli. crianza o tutoria tal.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 116r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Education