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tlapahuaztli.

Headword: 
tlapahuaztli.
Principal English Translation: 

something cooked in a pot (see Molina) (transl. to Engl. by SW)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlapauaztli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑpɑːwɑstɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlapauaztli. cosa cozida en olla.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 131v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TLAPĀHUAZ-TLI something cooked in a pot / cosa cocida en olla (M) [(1)Cf.46v]. M also has tlapauaxtli with the same meaning. See PĀHUAC(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 288.