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ima icxi in altepetl.

Headword: 
ima icxi in altepetl.
Principal English Translation: 

a neighborhood or district of the city (see Molina); Molina says a "village" of the city; literally, the hands and feet of the altepetl

Orthographic Variants: 
ima ycxi in altepetl, v
Alonso de Molina: 

ima ycxi yn altepetl. aldea dela ciudad, o barrio.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 37v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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