a piece of wood that has been shaped, thinned (into a staff, rod, etc.) (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tlapizaualli
IPAspelling:
tɬɑpitsɑːwɑlli
Alonso de Molina:
tlapitzaualli. cosa adelgazada desta manera. 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.