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tlapatiotihua.

Headword: 
tlapatiotihua.
Principal English Translation: 

for everything to be expensive; or, for there to be a shortage of things that are necessary (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlapatiotiua
Alonso de Molina: 

tlapatiotiua. (pret. otlapatiotiuac.) valer todo caro o auer caristia y falta delas cosas necessarias.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 131r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Markets, Commerce, Economy