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tapalcaahuiltia.

Headword:

tapalcaahuiltia.

Principal English Translation:

for children to play with roof tiles or broken shells (?) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants:

tapalcaauiltia, tapalca ahuiltia, tapalca auiltia

IPAspelling:

tɑpɑlkɑɑːwiːltiɑ

Alonso de Molina:

tapalcaauiltia. ni. (pret. onitapalcaauilti.) jugar el niño con tejuelas, o caxcos quebrados.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 91r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.