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tlalpilia.

Headword: 
tlalpilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to tie (speaking of the indigenous person's blanket), or to tie a knot when they put it on (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑlpiliɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tlalpilia. nino. (pret. oninotlalpili.) atarse la manta el indio, o añudarla, quando se la pone.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 124v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

This verb might also apply to the tying of the loin cloth. See the glyph for Tlalpican, a barrio of Huexotzinco, f. 593 recto. (SW)
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=265&st=image&r=0.037,0...

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