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altepemilli.

Headword: 
altepemilli.
Principal English Translation: 

land, cultivated fields pertaining to the community, to the altepetl as a whole

IPAspelling: 
ɑːltepeːmiːlli
Alonso de Molina: 

altepemilli. tierras o eredades del comun.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 4r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

A su vez, las “tierras urbanas” tenían diversas funciones—"todas relacionadas con el sustento de los nobles (altepemilli."
José Fernando Cortés Barragán, El agro mexicano: siempre lo mismo? (1993), 31.

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Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Land Tenure
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