tlatzotzonaliztli.

Headword:

tlatzotzonaliztli.

Principal English Translation:

the act of making music, the act of striking something or performing percussion (see Molina and Karttunen)

IPAspelling:

tɬɑtsotsonɑlistɬi

Alonso de Molina:

tlatzotzonaliztli. el acto de tañer atabales, orgados, [sic] harpa. &c. o el acto de dar golpes con alguna cosa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 143v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen:

TLATZOTZONALIZ-TLI the act making music by striking or plucking an instrument, the act of striking something / el acto de tañer atabales, órganos, harpa, etc., o el acto de dar golpes con alguna cosa (M) [(2)Zp.87,217]. See TZOTZON(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 302.

themes:

Music, Song, Dance