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a hamlet or a person of a hamlet; an outlying settlement related an altepetl (see Molina and Sahagún); an altepetl appendage (based on maitl, arm)
in tlamacazque tenochca, ioan tlatilulca: ioan ixqujch altepemaitl = the priests of Tenochtitlan and of Tlatilulco, and [men from] all the hamlets [nearby] (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
ioan cuicoyanoloya napoalilhuil valcuicatequitia in ixquich altepemaitl yn vncan yyolloco altepetl. Auh in ixquich valmitotiaya in ichpochtlj, in telpochtlj i napoalilhuitl. Aun un ventlj ynic quitlamanjliaya yehvatl yn veyac tlacuelpachollj. = And there was singing and dancing holding hands during the eighty days. All the surrounding villages had the task of singing in the heart of the city. And during eighty days, all the maidens and youths danced. And they made offerings to [Huitzilopochtli] of long, large tortillas. [Note: This translation for altepemaitl seems to need work. Eduard Seler translated altepemaitl as Stadtquartiere, city quarter, in his publication.]
altepemaitl = suburbio