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something tied or knotted, such as something made of cloth, a hip cloth or a loincloth (see Molina); by extension, this can refer to someone who is taken prisoner by another or to the symbolic tying or bundling of the 52-year cycle (see attestations)
See an image that represents tlalpilli in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
See the hieroglyph for the place name Tlalpican, a barrio or sujeto of Huexotzinco. (SW)
yhuan quauhtanaçolli ychmecatica tlatlalpilli ypatiuh omochiuh 1 ts = also (bought) an old wooden basket with a handle, tied with maguey cords, that cost a tomín (Culhuacan, sixteenth century)
yc opa tlalpilli marques = A second 52 years since the Marqués arrived (Tlaxcala-Puebla, seventeenth century)
tlalpilli = a triangular hip cloth, worn around the waist and usually tied on the right side; a 52-year bundle
Do not confuse the start to this term (tlal-) as having anything to do with tlalli (land). It is tla- + ilpia (with an added absolutive, making it a noun). (SW)