a net that catches birds, catching them from below (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tlapachouaztli
IPAspelling:
tɬɑpɑtʃoːwɑstɬi
Alonso de Molina:
tlapachouaztli. red que caza paxaros, tomandolos de baxo. 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.