the act of cleaning something or scrubbing dishes (see Molina)
IPAspelling:
tɬɑpohpoːwɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina:
tlapopoaliztli. el acto de alimpiar algo, o de fregar baxilla. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 132v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.