the act of widening something narrow, expanding something, letting it out (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tlapatlaualiztli
IPAspelling:
tɬɑpɑtɬɑːwɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina:
tlapatlaualiztli. el acto de ensancharlo angosto, o estrecho. 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.