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macopilli.

Headword: 
macopilli.
Principal English Translation: 

a bracelet adorned with precious feathers (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
mɑkopilli
Alonso de Molina: 

macopilli. bracalete de pluma rica
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 51r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Ça niyo yn macopilli monamacaz ontetl um[poualli] onchiquacen [pe]sus = Y solos los mazopiles se venden, dos en veinte y seis pesos (Tulancingo, México, 1577)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos indígenas novohispanos, vol. 2, Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVI, eds., Teresa Rojas Rabiela, Elsa Leticia Rea López, Constantino Medina Lima (Mexico: Consejo Nacional de Ciencias Tecnología, 1999), 186–187.

themes: 
Feathers
Jewelry, Adornment, Accouterments