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tlapatilia.

Headword: 
tlapatilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to barter, exchange, or do business; or, to change clothes; or to correct a defect (see Molina and Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑpɑtiliɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

tlapatilia. nino. (pret. oninotlapatili.) feriar, trocar o contratar, o emmendar y corregir su daño, o defecto.
tlapatilia. nite. (pret. onitetlapatili.) emmendar o reformar algo a otro.
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.

Frances Karttunen: 

TLAPATILIĀ vrefl to barter, exchange, or do business, to change clothes / feriar, trocar, o contratar (M), se muda de vestido (Z) [(2)Zp.86,173]. See PATLA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 290.

themes: 
Markets, Commerce, Economy
Textiles, Clothing