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tlapetzoloni.

Headword: 
tlapetzoloni.
Principal English Translation: 

the instrument for burnishing or polishing, for example, in making paper

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑpetsoːloːni
Alonso de Molina: 

tlapetzoloni. bruñidor o bruñidero. s. el instrumento para bruñir papel.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 131v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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