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tlachipauhtli.

Headword: 
tlachipauhtli.
Principal English Translation: 

something purified, cleansed (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlachipāuhtli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑtʃipɑːwtɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TLACHIPĀUH-TLI something purified, cleansed / cosa purficada o alimpiada (M) This is attested in the deprival forms TLACHIPĀUHYOH, TLACHIPĀUHCĀN, and TLACHIPĀUHYĀN.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 255.

themes: 
Cleanliness, Orderliness (or lack of)