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tzonicpalli.

Headword: 
tzonicpalli.
Principal English Translation: 

a pillow (head rest); or, something that serves as a cabecera (head town) in the Spanish system of town hierarchy (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tsonikpɑlli
Alonso de Molina: 

tzonicpalli. almohada, o cosa que sirue para cabecera.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 153r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.