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tlapaltiliztli.

Headword: 
tlapaltiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

strength; animosity

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑhpɑltiːlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlapaltiliztli. fortaleza o animosidad y esfuerzo
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: 

auh inchichimeca ycamochí ynintlâpal tiliz = auh in Chi:chi:me:cah i:ca mochi in i:ntlanpaltiliz = Chichimeca with all their allies
Anónimo mexicano, ed. Richley H. Crapo and Bonnie Glass-Coffin (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2005), 39.

It seems that in some contexts, strength might have served as "reinforcements," as in allies in a war context.