a song; or, the shaping or thinning of a piece of wood (into a staff, rod, etc.?) (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tlapitzaualiztli
IPAspelling:
tɬɑpitsɑːwɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina:
tlapitzaualiztli. canto, o adelgazamiento assi. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 132r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.