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tetlapallo.

Headword: 
tetlapallo.
Principal English Translation: 

a son or daughter of a noble lineage (a metaphor) (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
teːtɬɑpɑlloː
Alonso de Molina: 

tetlapallo. hijo o hija de noble linage. metaphora.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 109r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TĒTLAPALLŌ someone well born / hijo o hija de noble linaje (M) [(1)Cf.99r]. This is conventionally paired with TĒEZZŌ, the whole phrase referring to good breeding. See TLAPAL-LI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 236.

themes: 
Metaphors, Proverbs, Riddles