Headword:
mailpia.
Principal English Translation:
to tie someone's hands (see Molina); to capture someone (see attestations)
IPAspelling:
mɑːilpiɑ
Attestations from sources in English:
See an image that represents mailpia in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
yquac tiquinmailpiz ymixpan tiquinbicaz alcaldez ynic yeban quitlazotequiliz = cuando los captures para llevarlos ante los alcaldes para que los castiguen (Tlaxcala, 1543)
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