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tlalpilitztli.

Headword: 
tlalpilitztli.
Principal English Translation: 

a knife used to cut the cord, or rope that has been tied to hold a bundle of something (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑlpilitstɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlalpilitztli. nauaja dela tierra para cortar el cordel, o soga con que algo ato y lio.
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.

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