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tlapaltilia.

Headword: 
tlapaltilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to strengthen oneself or comfort oneself; to strengthen another person; to fortify something

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahpaltilia
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑhpɑltiliɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tlapaltilia. nino. (pret. oninotlapaltili.) esforzarse, forcijar, o confortarse.
tlapaltilia. nite. (pret. onitetlapaltili.) esforzar a otro assi.
tlapaltilia. nitla. (pret. onitlatlapaltili.) fortificar algo.
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: 

mohuapahuaz, motlahpaltiliz = he will strengthen himself Susanne Klaus, Uprooted Christianity: The Preaching of the Christian Doctrine in Mexico, Based on Franciscan Sermons of the 16th Century Written in Nahuatl (Bonn: Bonner Amerikanistische Studien e. V. c/o Seminar für Völkerkunde, Universität Bonn, 1999), 249.