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tlapatiyotl.

Headword: 
tlapatiyotl.
Principal English Translation: 

the price of that which is purchased; in other words, the amount which is paid for that which is purchased (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlapatiotl
Alonso de Molina: 

tlapatiotl. precio delo que se compra s. lo que se da porlo que se compra.
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.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

yn itlacuillolo yn quenin tlapatiyova yvan yn quenin netlacovilo yn itlatlalil gorregidor = lo escrito acerca de cómo se comerciará y de cómo se comprará, lo dispuesto por el corregidor (Cuauhtinchan, Puebla, s. XVI)
Luis Reyes García, "Ordenanzas para el gobierno de Cuauhtinchan, año de 1559," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 266–267.

themes: 
Markets, Commerce, Economy