a shortage of things that are much needed (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tlapatiotiualiztli
Alonso de Molina:
tlapatiotiualiztli. caristia assi. 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.