to hunt something with a net that closes around and takes in the animal that has been caught (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tlapachiuazmatlauia
IPAspelling:
tɬɑpɑtʃiwɑsmɑtɬɑwiɑ
Alonso de Molina:
tlapachiuazmatlauia. nitla. (pret. ontilatlapachiuazmatlaui.) cazar algo con red que se cierra y toma dentro la caza. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 130v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.