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tlapiquiliztli.

Headword: 
tlapiquiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

made up things

Robert Haskett and Stephanie Wood's notes from Nahuatl sessions with James Lockhart and subsequent research.

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑpiːkilistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlapiquiliztli. el acto de fabricar o inuentar algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 132r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

From piqui, to make something up.