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altepetenanquetza.

Headword: 
altepetenanquetza.
Principal English Translation: 

to establish the boundaries or boundary markers around a city or town (see Molina); this construction also seems to refer to a wall (SW)

IPAspelling: 
ɑːltepeːtenɑːnketsɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

altepetenanquetza. n. (pret. onaltepetenanquetz.) poner terminos o mojones ala ciudad.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 4r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
See also: 
tenamitl.
altepetl.
quetza.