Headword:
papaitl.
Principal English Translation:
the long and unruly hair of a minister or priest devoted to certain divine forces or deities (a variation of papatli); perhaps this term also came to refer to the priest who wore his hair this way (see the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs for entries for Papa, Papaitl, and papatli)
Attestations from sources in English:
See an image that represents papaitl in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
"cabellera larga y en desorden de sacerdo"
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