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tlaxipehualli.

Headword: 
tlaxipehualli.
Principal English Translation: 

something peeled, the bark or shell of something (see Karttunen); or, an ear of maize or corn with the husks removed; or cuttings of pine and fir boughs for making a good cooking fire (see Molina); or wood shavings (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlaxipeualli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑʃiːpeːwɑlli
Alonso de Molina: 

tlaxipeualli. cosa desollada, o descortezada, mazorca de mayz deshojada, o cortezas de pino y de oyametl, para hazer buena brasa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 146r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TLAXĪPĒHUAL-LI something peeled, the bark or shell of something / cosa desollada o descortezada, mazorca de maíz deshojada, o cortezas de pino y de oyametl para hacer buena braza (M), cáscara de encino (Z) [(1)Zp.217]. See XĪPĒHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 303.

themes: 
Corn, Maize
Fire, Tobacco, Incense
Food, Eating, Cooking
Plants, Trees, Flora
Shells
Wood, wooden material
See also: 
oyametl.