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tlapepechoani.

Headword: 
tlapepechoani.
Principal English Translation: 

one who covers or closes off a window or door using mud (or stone?) bricks (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑpepetʃoɑːni
Alonso de Molina: 

tlapepechoani. el que atapa o cierra alguna puerta o ventana a piedra lodo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 131v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Stones, Masonry