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tlapixtinemi.

Headword: 
tlapixtinemi.
Principal English Translation: 

to serve as shepherd or pastor (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahpixtinemi
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑhpiʃtinemi
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAHPIXTINEM(I) pret: -NEN to serve as shepherd or pastor / pastorea (Z) [(2)Zp.95,213]. Z omits the internal glottal stop in both attestations. It is possible that this should be TLAPIXTINEM(I), derived directly from PIY(A). See TLAHPIY(A), NEM(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 262.

themes: 
Occupations, Responsibilities