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tlatzomaliztli.

Headword: 
tlatzomaliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act of sewing (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtzomaliztli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑhtsomɑlistɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAHTZOMALIZ-TLI the act of sewing /el acto de coser (C) [(2)Cf.42r, (1)Zp.208]. See (I)HTZOM(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 267.

themes: 
Textiles, Clothing