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tlaelpaqui.

Headword: 
tlaelpaqui.
Principal English Translation: 

to take pleasure in a dirty delight (i.e. a sexual pleasure) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlayelpaqui
Alonso de Molina: 

tlaelpaqui. ni. deleytarse con suzio deleyte.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 120v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Sexuality, Fertility, Reproduction