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tlapaloliztli.

Headword: 
tlapaloliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

a greeting; or, the act of dipping bread and moistening it in a broth (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑpɑloːlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlapaloliztli. el acto de mojar el pan enel potaje.
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.

Attestations from sources in English: 

To see the demonstration of a greeting in Eastern Huastecan Nahuatl posted to YouTube by the IDIEZ group, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaI68ktzIq8.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking