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tepal.
Headword:
tepal.
Principal English Translation:
in relation to another person, by means of another, for another; or, a stranger
Attestations from sources in English:
tepal intzopiloti = https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/book/6/folio/192r
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
"tépal nitzopiloti, como si dixese: 'Nunca falta, porque las auras hallan siempre qué coman.'" (López Austin & García Quintana 2000)
"This saying is said by a homeless person and one who does not have any job, if they ask him where he gets his food and drink. He says, 'Tepal nitzopiloti,”' as if he were saying, 'It is never lacking, because vultures always find something to eat.'” (García Garagarza 2023)
tepal = lo ageno (Mecayapan 2002)
tepal = mediante alguno o por él