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a musician, one who plays a flute or a trumpet; or, one who melts ore for metals (see Molina)
See an image that represents tlapitzqui in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
no omentin yahaque tlapitzque tlatzotzonque = also two Mexica musicians went (early seventeenth century, central New Spain)
"Perhaps specifically fifers and drummers."
This interpretation for tlapitzqui is supported by the glosses of two glyphs in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco: "tlapitzq~" next to a wind instrument on MH852r and the glyph for Quetzallapitzqui on MH711r.
yc tiquimocuitlauiz yni montlamauiztin cuicani yvan tlapitzque yn domingotica yvan ylhuitl ipan = te ocuparas de tus maravillosos cantores y músicos de día domingo y en día de fiesta (Tlaxcala, 1565)
yn cuicaque queuhque missa Ecelsis Santos Canpi 8 buosez yhuan tlayahualoque tienta quitocaque auh y lunes pisberas Circunçiçion tehuatin ticuicaque tindiotzintzin yhuan titlapizque = cantaron la misa Excelsis Santos Campi a 8 voces. Hicieron procesión por las tiendas. Y el, lunes, vísperas de la Circuncisión, cantamos nosotros los indios y nosotros los músicos (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)