the act of tearing apart, chopping, or cutting something various times, or in many parts (see Molina)
IPAspelling:
tɬɑkokotoːnɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina:
tlacocotonaliztli. el acto de despedazar, desmenuzar, o cortar algo muchas vezes, o en muchas partes. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 118r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.