tone, hue, or nuance in painting; or, the act of clarifying what is painted (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tlapoyauallotl
IPAspelling:
tɬɑpojɑːwɑlloːtɬ
Alonso de Molina:
tlapoyauallotl. matiz enla pintura, o el acto de matizar lo que se pinta. 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.