tlapacholiztli.

Headword:

tlapacholiztli.

Principal English Translation:

a type of governance; or the act of sinking under a burden; or a squeezing of something (see Molina)

IPAspelling:

tɬɑpɑtʃoːlistɬi

Alonso de Molina:

tlapacholiztli. gouernacion tal, o apezgamiento y apretamiento de algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 130v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish:

yn altepepializtli in tlapacholiztli = el cuidar el pueblo [altepepializtli], el gobierno [tlapacholiztli] (ca. 1582, Mexico City)
Luis Reyes García, ¿Como te confundes? ¿Acaso no somos conquistados? Anales de Juan Bautista (Mexico: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Biblioteca Lorenzo Boturini Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Guadalupe, 2001), 180–181.

themes:

Politics, Power, Governance

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods