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cepo.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
cepo.
Principal English Translation: 

stocks, for punishment; a trap

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

nechcalacti itec çepo = me metieron en la cárcel.
Nuestro pesar, nuestra aflicción / tunetuliniliz, tucucuca; Memorias en lengua náhuatl enviadas a Felipe II por indígenas del Valle de Guatemala hacia 1572, introduction by Cristopher H. Lutz, paleography and translation by Karen Dakin (México: UNAM and Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica, 1996, 62–63.

themes: 
Crime, Punishment