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tlapitzahtohua.

Headword: 
tlapitzahtohua.
Principal English Translation: 

to sing treble or to sing as a woman; or, to shape pieces of wood, making staffs, rods, etc.(?) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlapitzaua
Alonso de Molina: 

tlapitzaua. ni. (pret. onitlapitzauh.) cantar tiple, o como muger, o adelgazar o desbastar maderos o varas.
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.

themes: 
Art, Crafts
Music, Song, Dance
Wood, wooden material