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tlapapatzolli.

Headword: 
tlapapatzolli.
Principal English Translation: 

fruit (or something else) softened by using one's fingers (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑpɑhpɑːtsoːlli
Alonso de Molina: 

tlapapatzolli. cosa souajada, o ablandada entre los dedos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 131r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

ablandada fruta. tlapapatzolli.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1v.

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