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tlatequililli ihuic imecapal.

Headword: 
tlatequililli ihuic imecapal.
Principal English Translation: 

a free person (a metaphor) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlatequililli iuic imecapal
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatequililli iuic imecapal. horro. metaphora.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 135v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Metaphors, Proverbs, Riddles