to break up, split, divide
Auh in amiztlato achi onictlapan inotlal yn oncan yc omotlalli tepozpitzqui = And I took a little of my land there [for?] Amiztlato, on which a blacksmith settled (Tlaxcala, 1566)
ipampa ca çan ixquich in tezcatl in tlatapani, teteyni, xexelihui, nononquaquiça, auh in tonalli, ca amo quen mochihua = for it is just all of the mirror that is broken, shattered, divided up and separated, but the sun is undisturbed
auh in manel ye anquitta, in cenca miacan quiça inin ilhuicac tlaxcalli, in cenca miacan motlatlapana, monononquaquixtia = And even though you see this heavenly bread is in many parts, broken up and divided separately into many pieces
motlapanaz = it will be divided (Azcapotzalco, 1738)
tlapāna = to cause to break (colonial Mexico)
ipampa ca çan ixquich in tezcatl in tlatapani, teteyni, xexelihui, nononquaquiça, auh in tonalli, ca amo quen mochihua = porque solo el Espejo es el que se quiebra diuide, y haze partes, pero el Sol, no se diuide, ni muda
ynican yc toncate = los han de partir
Ic tlatlapana cuauhyotl oceloyotl = Después destruirás a águilas y tigres (de la poesía de Nezahualcóyotl)