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tlilchapactli.

Headword: 
tlilchapactli.
Principal English Translation: 

a smear in writing on paper

IPAspelling: 
tɬiːltʃɑpɑktɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlilchapactli. borron que cae enlo escripto en papel. &c.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 147v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Legal Matters, Documents
Paper
Writing, Literacy