a sample of something edible that is provided for people to try before they buy the product (see Molina)
IPAspelling:
teːtɬɑpɑloːltiːloːni
Alonso de Molina:
tetlapaloltiloni. cosa comestible que se da a prouar antes que la compren. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 109r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.