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tlapiloliztli.

Headword: 
tlapiloliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act of hanging something (see Molina and Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑpiloːlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlapiloliztli. el acto de colgar algo de alguna cosa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 132r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TLAPILŌLIZ-TLI the act of hanging something / el acto de colgar algo de alguna cosa (M) [(2)Zp.30,213]. See PILOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 291.