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tlacuechtiliztli.

Headword: 
tlacuechtiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act of greatly crumbling or grounding up something (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tlacuechtiliztli. el acto de desmenuzar o de moler mucho alguna cosa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 119v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.