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tlapitzaliztli.

Headword: 
tlapitzaliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act of playing a flute or similar instrument; or, the act of melting metals (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑpiːtsɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlapitzaliztli. el acto de tañer flauta, o otro instrumento semejante, o el acto de fundir y derretir metales.
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: 

TLAPĪTZALIZ-TLI the act of playing a wind instrument or of forging metal with the aid of bellows / el acto de tañer flauta o otro instrumento semejante, o el acto de fundir y derretir metales (M) [(2)Zp.123,213]. See PĪTZ(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 291–292.

themes: 
Metals, Mining
Music, Song, Dance