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ixtlapana.

Headword: 
ixtlapana.
Principal English Translation: 

to split wood or cleave something similar; to lend money at a high rate of interest (with tetech)

IPAspelling: 
iːʃtɬɑpɑːnɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

ixtlapana. nitla. (pret. onitlaixtlapan.) hender madera, o cosa semejante o dar alogro
ixtlapana tetech nitla. (pret. otetech nitlaixtlapan.) dar alogro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 48r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

prestar con usura (con este último sentido, el verbo va precedido por tetech, a alguien, etc.)
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, 230.

themes: 
Money, Coins, Wealth
Wood, wooden material