something ground, milled (see Molina); for example, tlapallatextli involves ground colors for use in painting
IPAspelling:
tɬɑteʃtɬi
Alonso de Molina:
tlatextli. cosa molida. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 136v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.