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tornotlapacholoni.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
tornotlapacholoni.
Principal English Translation: 

a lathe for pressing something (see Molina); note that "torno" (lathe or perhaps some other type of metal tool) is a loanword from Spanish

Alonso de Molina: 

tornotlapacholoni. torno para prenssar algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 150r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.