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tlapanahuilli.

Headword: 
tlapanahuilli.
Principal English Translation: 

something that has risen above or surpassed others; or, something that has crossed over from the other side of the river (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlapanauilli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑpɑnɑwiːlli
Alonso de Molina: 

tlapanauilli. sobrepujado, o vencido, o cosa passada dela otra parte del rio.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 131r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.