to acquire with hard work that which is necessary for living (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tlapaliuhcauia
Alonso de Molina:
tlapaliuhcauia. nitla. (pret. onitlatlapaliuhcaui.) adquirir con trabajo lo necessario ala vida. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 130v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.