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door or entrance to the city (see Molina)

in, to, or from the city.
Orthographic Variants: 
altepequaxochquetza

to put landmarks around the boundaries of the pueblo, to set up the boundaries (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
altepequaxochtli

the borders, boundaries, or land markers for a given pueblo or city (see Molina)

ɑːltepeːwɑh
Orthographic Variants: 
āltepēhuah, altepeua, altepehuah

resident of a town (see Karttunen)

in the various altepetl; in the countryside (see attestations)

leaders of the municipality, or citizens of the municipality; city fathers; members of the high council (cabildo)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), 95.

to guide the indigenous community for the people, a role of the gobernador (indigenous municipal governor) (ca. 1582, Mexico City)
Luis Reyes García, ¿Como te confundes? ¿Acaso no somos conquistados? Anales de Juan Bautista (Mexico: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Biblioteca Lorenzo Boturini Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Guadalupe, 2001), 198–199.

ɑːltepeːittɑ

to visit or make an inspection of indigenous communities, towns, and cities

ɑːltepeːmɑːitɬ

a hamlet or a person of a hamlet; an outlying settlement related an altepetl (see Molina and Sahagún); an altepetl appendage (based on maitl, arm)

hamlets, or outlying units related to altepetl (see Molina); is the "ma" component from maitl and the "me" a plural suffix?

Orthographic Variants: 
altepemanque

founders of the altepetl (a plural agentive noun); the verb mana, to found or establish is part of the construction

ɑːltepeːmiːlli

land, cultivated fields pertaining to the community, to the altepetl as a whole

ɑːltepeːnɑːwɑk
Orthographic Variants: 
altepenauac

the territory or dominion of the community, pueblo, altepetl (see Molina); literally, what is adjoining the town

ɑːltepeːnɑːwɑtiːlli
Orthographic Variants: 
altepenauatilli

the rules or ordinances of the town

the principal city, the head of a kingdom (see Molina)

ɑːltepeːpɑleːwiɑni
Orthographic Variants: 
altepepaleuiani

one who helps or favors the community, the town (see Molina)

ɑːltepeːpɑn

through the towns and cities; or, from pueblo to pueblo (see Molina)

ɑːltepeːpewɑltiːlistɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
altepepeualtiliztli

the foundation or founding of the pueblo (see Molina)

to take care of the indigenous community for the people, a duty of the gobernador (indigenous municipal governor) (ca. 1582, Mexico City)
Luis Reyes García, ¿Como te confundes? ¿Acaso no somos conquistados? Anales de Juan Bautista (Mexico: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Biblioteca Lorenzo Boturini Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Guadalupe, 2001), 198–199.