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tlapetlahualiztli.

Headword: 
tlapetlahualiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

act of polishing (see karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlapetlāhualiztli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑpetɬɑːwɑlistɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAPETLĀHUALIZ-TLI act of polishing / acción de bruñir (K) [(1)Bf.10v]. See PETLĀHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 291.